Fennerswood Preserve West Tract
Fennerswood Preserve West Tract is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Fennerswood Preserve O'Neill Tract, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 4.7 miles off.
Owned by Avalonia Land Conservancy, open to the public for passive recreation (hiking). Has a loop trail.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.0 mi off the Shannock Road
- 17.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.9 mi off the Ministerial Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Fennerswood Preserve O'Neill Tract: 0.2 mi
- Fennerswood Preserve East Tract: 0.3 mi
- Paffard Woods Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Woodlot Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- McKinley Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy): 1.1 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 1.9 mi
- Merritt Hill: 2.5 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 2.7 mi
- Hinkley Hill: 2.9 mi
- Staunton Hill: 3.2 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.1 mi
- Pawcatuck Little League: 2.1 mi
- Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 2.3 mi
- Spellman Park: 2.6 mi
- Cannon Square: 2.7 mi
- Borough Hall: 2.5 mi
- Cannon Square: 2.7 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 3.1 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 3.1 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 1.9 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.2 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 2.9 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 3.1 mi
- DuBois Beach: 2.9 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 3.2 mi
- Williams Beach: 3.3 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 4.7 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 5.0 mi
- Penguin: 2.4 mi
- Giant Gnome: 2.7 mi
- Mjolnir: 2.7 mi
- Mystic Blue: 3.1 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 3.6 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 1.8 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 2.3 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 4.9 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 5.1 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.4 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 10.2 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 10.2 mi
- Sprout Garden: 10.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.6 mi
- Cascade: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 14.8 mi
- Silver Falls: 16.5 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 18.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 5.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 5.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 5.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 5.2 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 23.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 20.8 mi
- Clay Head: 21.0 mi
- Crow Head: 22.2 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 22.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 23.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.0 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.1 mi
- Powder House: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 12.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 12.6 mi
- Old Spring: 5.5 mi
- Factory Pond: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Fennerswood Preserve West Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 349° | 163 m | 8.9 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 15° | 158 m | 8.9 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 356° | 155 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNE 19° | 153 m | 9.7 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 9° | 149 m | 7.5 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 341° | 144 m | 8.3 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 351° | 139 m | 6.3 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 1° | 139 m | 7.0 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 | 19:43 | 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/537277615
Day trips start here
- Stonington · 0 mi
- Mystic · 3 mi
- Westerly · 4 mi
- North Stonington · 5 mi
- Watch Hill · 5 mi
- Ashaway · 7 mi
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