Dodge Paddock / Beal Preserve
Dodge Paddock / Beal Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Borough Hall, a historic site 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.8 miles off.
Open meadow with sea wall and walking trail (approximately 0.1 mile) on Little Narragansett Bay; rocky shoreline; site of former States Pottery.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.1 mi off the Shannock Road
- 18.3 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 19.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Borough Hall: 0.1 mi
- Cannon Square: 0.2 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Jonathan Foster Ground: 2.9 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Cannon Square: 0.2 mi
- Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 0.3 mi
- Barn Island Boat Launch: 1.5 mi
- Barn Island Hunting Area: 2.1 mi
- Willams Beach Park: 3.0 mi
- Cutler Street Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy): 0.7 mi
- Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Paffard Woods Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Wequetequock Cove Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 2.3 mi
- Staunton Hill: 3.0 mi
- Bear Hill: 3.0 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.6 mi
- Pawcatuck Rock: 3.9 mi
- DuBois Beach: 0.4 mi
- Williams Beach: 3.0 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 3.1 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 3.5 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 3.8 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 0.3 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 0.7 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 3.0 mi
- Denison Homestead: 3.1 mi
- Children's Museum: 3.7 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 2.8 mi
- Penguin: 3.8 mi
- Mystic Blue: 3.8 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 3.8 mi
- Mjolnir: 3.9 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 1.3 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 2.0 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 2.9 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 4.2 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 9.9 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 10.7 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 10.8 mi
- Sensory Garden: 10.8 mi
- Cutting Garden: 11.1 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Cascade: 6.2 mi
- Yantic Falls: 16.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 17.3 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 20.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 3.1 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 3.1 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.1 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 22.1 mi
- Clay Head: 19.8 mi
- Crow Head: 20.1 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 21.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 23.1 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 23.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.8 mi
- Powder House: 11.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 12.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 12.7 mi
- Old Spring: 7.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Dodge Paddock / Beal Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 351° | 163 m | 11.5 mi |
| Chapman Hill | N 11° | 158 m | 11.3 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 356° | 155 m | 11.2 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 6° | 149 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 345° | 144 m | 10.7 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 353° | 139 m | 8.9 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 0° | 139 m | 9.5 mi |
| Swantown Hill | N 354° | 132 m | 9.8 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 | 19:43 | 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 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Stonington · 2 mi
- Watch Hill · 3 mi
- Mystic · 4 mi
- Westerly · 5 mi
- Groton · 7 mi
- North Stonington · 8 mi
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