Groton Sportsmens Club
Groton Sportsmens Club is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Peck / Callahan Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy), a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 4.3 miles off.
Private, Members Or Owners Only; General Recreation
What to expect
- Operated by
- Groton Sportsmens Club, Inc.
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.2 mi off the Shannock Road
- 14.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 18.7 mi off the Ministerial Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Quoketaug Hill: 1.4 mi
- Jeremy Hill: 1.8 mi
- Merritt Hill: 2.1 mi
- Gallup Hill: 2.6 mi
- Cider Hill: 3.1 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 2.0 mi
- River Road Park: 3.0 mi
- Mystic River Boat Launch: 3.0 mi
- Denison Homestead: 3.0 mi
- Pawcatuck Little League: 3.1 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 3.6 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 3.6 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 3.7 mi
- Cellar Hole: 3.8 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 3.9 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 2.1 mi
- Denison Homestead: 3.1 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 3.2 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 3.6 mi
- Children's Museum: 3.6 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 3.7 mi
- Williams Beach: 4.5 mi
- DuBois Beach: 5.4 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 6.2 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 6.4 mi
- Stone Turtle: 1.5 mi
- Penguin: 2.6 mi
- Giant Gnome: 2.8 mi
- Mjolnir: 2.8 mi
- Mystic Blue: 3.6 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 3.7 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 4.4 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 6.6 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 6.8 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 7.4 mi
- Cascade: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 12.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 15.3 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 16.6 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 9.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 9.4 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.7 mi
- Azalea Garden: 9.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 7.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 7.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 7.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 7.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 23.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 10.7 mi
- Powder House: 10.8 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 13.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 13.8 mi
- Big Beach: 24.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.1 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 22.2 mi
- Clay Head: 23.2 mi
- Crow Head: 23.8 mi
- Old Spring: 3.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Groton Sportsmens Club. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 354° | 163 m | 6.4 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 28° | 158 m | 6.9 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 4° | 155 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNE 32° | 153 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bay Mountain | N 3° | 152 m | 9.4 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 24° | 149 m | 5.4 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 342° | 144 m | 5.6 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 360° | 139 m | 3.8 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 | 19:44 | 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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43440472
Day trips start here
- North Stonington · 3 mi
- Stonington · 3 mi
- Mystic · 4 mi
- Ledyard · 5 mi
- Westerly · 5 mi
- Ashaway · 7 mi
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