Collier / Acker Preserve
Collier / Acker Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Nature Conservancy Gallup Salt Marsh, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.0 miles off.
Deciduous woodlands, dense thickets, and rugged wetlands. No trails. Open to the public for passive recreation, dawn to dusk.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 15.9 mi off the Shannock Road
- 20.2 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Mystic Playground: 0.6 mi
- River Road Park: 1.0 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 1.1 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.5 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 1.5 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 0.6 mi
- Pequot Hill: 2.0 mi
- Gallup Hill: 2.3 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 3.0 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.3 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 1.7 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 1.7 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 1.8 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 4.0 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 0.6 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.5 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 1.6 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 1.7 mi
- Children's Museum: 1.7 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 1.8 mi
- Williams Beach: 2.8 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 4.5 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 4.5 mi
- DuBois Beach: 4.6 mi
- Penguin: 0.8 mi
- Giant Gnome: 0.9 mi
- Mjolnir: 0.9 mi
- Mystic Blue: 1.7 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 2.4 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 2.5 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 3.3 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.8 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 5.9 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 7.1 mi
- Cascade: 4.0 mi
- Cascade: 4.2 mi
- Yantic Falls: 12.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.0 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 18.5 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 7.8 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 7.9 mi
- Sprout Garden: 8.2 mi
- Azalea Garden: 8.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 7.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 7.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 7.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 7.4 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 8.9 mi
- Powder House: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 14.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 15.0 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 20.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 21.0 mi
- Crow Head: 21.9 mi
- Clay Head: 23.6 mi
- Old Spring: 3.1 mi
- Factory Pond: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Collier / Acker Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 5° | 163 m | 7.8 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 32° | 158 m | 8.8 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNE 13° | 155 m | 7.7 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 29° | 149 m | 7.3 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 357° | 144 m | 6.8 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNE 14° | 139 m | 5.4 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNE 23° | 139 m | 6.4 mi |
| Swantown Hill | NNE 13° | 132 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/538587305
Day trips start here
- Mystic · 2 mi
- Stonington · 3 mi
- Groton · 5 mi
- Ledyard · 5 mi
- North Stonington · 5 mi
- Westerly · 6 mi
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