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Green Falls River Glen Preserve

Green Falls River Glen Preserve from directly overhead

Green Falls River Glen Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Escoheag Hill stands 168 m to the north-northeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Puttker Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 0.8 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Avalonia Land Conservancy
Getting there

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Coordinates41.47610, -71.81742

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Bucklin Memorial, Yawgoog Scout Reservation: 3.7 mi
  • H. C. Anthony Stockade: 3.8 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 6.6 mi
  • Babcock-Smith House Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 9.3 mi
Museums: 59
Beaches: 45
Artworks: 24
  • Stone Turtle: 7.2 mi
  • Giant Troll Young Boulder: 8.8 mi
  • Penguin: 9.9 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 10.1 mi
  • Mjolnir: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 17
  • Stepstone Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade: 13.3 mi
  • Cascade: 13.5 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 15.6 mi
Gardens: 15
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 10.7 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 10.9 mi
  • Big Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Little Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Skate Hut: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Old Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Factory Pond: 12.7 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Elizabeth Spring: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Green Falls River Glen Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Escoheag HillNNE 14°168 m9.3 mi
Prentice MountainWNW 283°163 m6.4 mi
Penny HillNNE 19°159 m11.1 mi
Chapman HillWNW 298°158 m2.6 mi
Stone HillNNW 339°157 m10.4 mi
Barns HillWNW 284°155 m5.3 mi
Pendleton HillNW 323°153 m2.3 mi
Bay MountainNW 312°152 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1419:4320:25
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1115:3716:21

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1025033369

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