Nature reserve · Connecticut
Deane Avery Preserve
Deane Avery Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Turtle, a artwork 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 4.8 miles off.
Sloping wooded hillside with cedars.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
How to reach it
Coordinates41.41909, -71.94041
- 4.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 13.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 14.8 mi off the Shannock Road
- 18.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Hoffman Evergreen Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Shewville Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Groton Sportsmens Club: 1.2 mi
- Peck / Callahan Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy): 1.5 mi
- Long Pond Road Open Space: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Gallup Hill: 1.8 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 1.8 mi
- Cider Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 2.0 mi
- Jeremy Hill: 2.1 mi
Parks
- Old Mystic Playground: 2.1 mi
- Model Park: 2.3 mi
- Sawmill Park: 3.1 mi
- River Road Park: 3.2 mi
- Fieldcrest Park: 3.2 mi
Museums
- Old Mystic History Center: 2.2 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 3.4 mi
- Denison Homestead: 3.9 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 3.9 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
- Cellar Hole: 2.7 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 2.7 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 4.1 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 4.1 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 43
- Austrailia Beach: 4.2 mi
- Williams Beach: 5.2 mi
- DuBois Beach: 6.5 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 6.9 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 27
- Stone Turtle: 0.4 mi
- Penguin: 3.2 mi
- Giant Gnome: 3.3 mi
- Mjolnir: 3.3 mi
- Mystic Blue: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 20
- Large Glacial Erratic: 4.6 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 5.4 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.7 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 5.8 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Cascade: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 6.2 mi
- Yantic Falls: 11.1 mi
- Silver Falls: 14.4 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 16.3 mi
Gardens: 17
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 8.9 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 8.9 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 9.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 9.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 9.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 9.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Skate Hut: 10.3 mi
- Powder House: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 14.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 21.5 mi
- Crow Head: 24.2 mi
- Clay Head: 24.4 mi
Springs: 2
- Old Spring: 2.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Deane Avery Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 1° | 163 m | 5.4 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NE 38° | 158 m | 6.6 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNE 13° | 155 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NE 41° | 153 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bay Mountain | N 9° | 152 m | 8.6 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NE 37° | 149 m | 5.0 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 348° | 144 m | 4.5 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNE 15° | 139 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:37 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/542928804
Day trips start here
- North Stonington · 3 mi
- Ledyard · 4 mi
- Stonington · 4 mi
- Mystic · 5 mi
- Preston · 6 mi
- Groton · 7 mi
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