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Hinckley Hill Preserve - Pequot Trail (Avalonia Land Conservancy)

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Hinckley Hill Preserve - Pequot Trail (Avalonia Land Conservancy) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hinckley Hill Preserve - Pequot Court (Avalonia Land Conservancy), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 2.6 miles off.

Wooded tract with wetlands. No trails

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.38531, -71.85783

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pawcatuck Little League: 0.7 mi
  • Donahue Park: 1.4 mi
  • "Bushel" Sposato Park: 1.5 mi
  • Spellman Park: 1.5 mi
  • Wilcox Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 46
Artworks: 24
  • Penguin: 4.9 mi
  • Stone Turtle: 5.0 mi
  • Ninigret Statue: 5.2 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 5.2 mi
  • Mjolnir: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 15
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascade: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Silver Falls: 18.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 10.0 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 10.2 mi
  • Skate Hut: 13.7 mi
  • Powder House: 13.7 mi
  • Big Beach: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Old Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Factory Pond: 13.4 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Hinckley Hill Preserve - Pequot Trail (Avalonia Land Conservancy). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainNNW 332°163 m8.8 mi
Chapman HillN 359°158 m7.5 mi
Barns HillNNW 338°155 m8.2 mi
Pendleton HillN 5°153 m8.2 mi
Bay MountainNNW 345°152 m11.2 mi
Stewart HillNNW 349°149 m6.5 mi
Ayer HillNW 322°144 m8.5 mi
Wintechog HillNW 326°139 m6.3 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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/548753105

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