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Fusina Conservation Easement

Fusina Conservation Easement from directly overhead

Fusina Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is The Preserve at Castle Hill, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 3.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Stonington Land Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.37580, -71.86222

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Spellman Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pawcatuck Little League: 0.9 mi
  • Donahue Park: 1.6 mi
  • Kimball Park: 1.6 mi
  • Margin Street Knoll: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 46
Artworks: 24
  • Ninigret Statue: 4.5 mi
  • Penguin: 4.6 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 4.9 mi
  • Mjolnir: 4.9 mi
  • Stone Turtle: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 15
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascade: 8.2 mi
  • Cascade: 8.4 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Silver Falls: 18.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 10.2 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 10.3 mi
  • Skate Hut: 13.4 mi
  • Powder House: 13.4 mi
  • Big Beach: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Factory Pond: 13.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Fusina Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainNNW 335°163 m9.2 mi
Chapman HillN 0°158 m8.1 mi
Barns HillNNW 341°155 m8.7 mi
Pendleton HillN 6°153 m8.8 mi
Bay MountainNNW 347°152 m11.8 mi
Stewart HillN 351°149 m7.1 mi
Ayer HillNW 326°144 m8.9 mi
Wintechog HillNNW 331°139 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1519:4320:25
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1115:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1211149751

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