Kingwood & Meadow Park
Kingwood & Meadow Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Assekonk Swamp State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 2.6 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of North Stonington
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 12.6 mi off the Shannock Road
- 13.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.9 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Assekonk Swamp State Wildlife Management Area: 0.6 mi
- North Stonington Community Grange #138: 0.8 mi
- Waldo Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Wyassup Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Stephen Main Homestead: 0.9 mi
- North Stonington Village Green: 0.9 mi
- North Stonington Town Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- Wyassup Lake Boat Launch: 3.7 mi
- Pawcatuck Little League: 3.8 mi
- Model Park: 4.3 mi
- Jeremy Hill: 1.0 mi
- Pitcher Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Wintechog Hill: 2.1 mi
- Cossaduck Hill: 2.3 mi
- Merritt Hill: 2.6 mi
- Cellar Hole: 2.7 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 4.6 mi
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 6.2 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 6.2 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 6.2 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 3.8 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 4.5 mi
- Westerly Armory: 5.4 mi
- Denison Homestead: 5.7 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 5.7 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 6.3 mi
- Williams Beach: 7.1 mi
- DuBois Beach: 7.6 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 8.8 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 8.9 mi
- Stone Turtle: 2.2 mi
- Penguin: 5.2 mi
- Giant Gnome: 5.3 mi
- Mjolnir: 5.3 mi
- Mystic Blue: 6.1 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 6.1 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 6.8 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 7.9 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 8.0 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 8.4 mi
- Cascade: 8.3 mi
- Cascade: 8.6 mi
- Yantic Falls: 11.9 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 14.1 mi
- Silver Falls: 16.6 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 11.3 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 11.3 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 11.3 mi
- Sprout Garden: 11.5 mi
- Skate Hut: 12.7 mi
- Powder House: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 13.0 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 13.2 mi
- Big Beach: 22.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 9.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 9.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 9.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.5 mi
- Clay Head: 23.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 23.7 mi
- Old Spring: 4.7 mi
- Factory Pond: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Kingwood & Meadow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNW 334° | 163 m | 4.6 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 27° | 158 m | 4.4 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNW 347° | 155 m | 4.0 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNE 32° | 153 m | 5.3 mi |
| Bay Mountain | N 354° | 152 m | 7.2 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 17° | 149 m | 2.9 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NW 316° | 144 m | 4.4 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NW 320° | 139 m | 2.1 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 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43440339
Day trips start here
- North Stonington · 1 mi
- Stonington · 5 mi
- Ashaway · 6 mi
- Ledyard · 6 mi
- Westerly · 6 mi
- Hopkinton · 7 mi
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