Fennerswood Preserve East Tract
Fennerswood Preserve East Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Fennerswood Preserve West Tract, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 4.5 miles off.
The east tract of the Fennerswood Preserve. Owned by Avalonia Land Conservacy, open to the public for passive recreation, dawn to dusk. No trails.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 13.7 mi off the Shannock Road
- 17.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.7 mi off the Ministerial Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Wequetequock Hill: 1.7 mi
- Merritt Hill: 2.3 mi
- Hinkley Hill: 2.7 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 2.8 mi
- Staunton Hill: 3.0 mi
- Pawcatuck Little League: 1.9 mi
- Spellman Park: 2.3 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.4 mi
- Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 2.5 mi
- Barn Island Hunting Area: 2.6 mi
- Borough Hall: 2.6 mi
- Cannon Square: 2.8 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 3.4 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 3.4 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 2.0 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 2.5 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.5 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 3.0 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 3.3 mi
- DuBois Beach: 3.0 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 3.5 mi
- Williams Beach: 3.6 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 5.0 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 5.0 mi
- Penguin: 2.7 mi
- Giant Gnome: 2.9 mi
- Mjolnir: 2.9 mi
- Mystic Blue: 3.4 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 3.9 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 2.1 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 2.5 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 4.8 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 4.9 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.6 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 10.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 10.5 mi
- Sprout Garden: 10.8 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.9 mi
- Cascade: 6.2 mi
- Cascade: 6.4 mi
- Yantic Falls: 14.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 16.7 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 18.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 5.1 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 5.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 5.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 5.2 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 23.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 20.6 mi
- Clay Head: 20.9 mi
- Crow Head: 22.4 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 22.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 23.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.4 mi
- Powder House: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 12.2 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 12.3 mi
- Old Spring: 5.6 mi
- Factory Pond: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Fennerswood Preserve East Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNW 347° | 163 m | 8.9 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 14° | 158 m | 8.7 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 354° | 155 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNE 18° | 153 m | 9.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 7° | 149 m | 7.4 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 339° | 144 m | 8.2 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNW 348° | 139 m | 6.3 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 359° | 139 m | 6.9 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 | 15:37 | 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 | 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/537279657
Day trips start here
- Stonington · 1 mi
- Mystic · 4 mi
- Westerly · 4 mi
- North Stonington · 5 mi
- Watch Hill · 5 mi
- Ashaway · 7 mi
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