Knox Family Farm Preserve
Knox Family Farm Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Large Glacial Erratic, a attraction 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.7 miles off.
Approximately 0.5 miles of trails. Wooded area with kettle hole pond, boulder moraine and frontage on east side of upper Quiambaug Cove. Kayak access from cove.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 15.9 mi off the Shannock Road
- 18.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 19.5 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lambs Way Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Knox Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Perkins Wildlife Corridor: 1.1 mi
- Pequotsepos Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.1 mi
- Willams Beach Park: 1.4 mi
- Mystic Little League Field: 1.6 mi
- Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 1.7 mi
- Mystic River Park Playground: 1.8 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 1.8 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 1.8 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 1.8 mi
- Borough Hall: 1.8 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pequot Hill: 2.5 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 3.0 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 3.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 4.0 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 1.1 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.1 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 1.4 mi
- Children's Museum: 1.8 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 1.8 mi
- Williams Beach: 1.4 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 1.8 mi
- DuBois Beach: 2.1 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 2.7 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 3.2 mi
- Mystic Blue: 1.8 mi
- Penguin: 1.8 mi
- Mjolnir: 2.0 mi
- Giant Gnome: 2.0 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 2.0 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 0.1 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 0.8 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 4.8 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 5.9 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 7.9 mi
- Cascade: 4.4 mi
- Cascade: 4.5 mi
- Yantic Falls: 15.0 mi
- Silver Falls: 15.4 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 20.2 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 8.9 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 9.0 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.3 mi
- Wildflower Garden: 9.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 5.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 5.1 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 5.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 5.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.1 mi
- Crow Head: 20.3 mi
- Clay Head: 21.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 22.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.6 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 23.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 12.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.9 mi
- Powder House: 9.6 mi
- Skate Hut: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 13.9 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 14.1 mi
- Old Spring: 5.6 mi
- Factory Pond: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Knox Family Farm Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 359° | 163 m | 10.1 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 5° | 155 m | 10.0 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNE 17° | 149 m | 9.2 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 352° | 144 m | 9.2 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 3° | 139 m | 7.6 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 11° | 139 m | 8.5 mi |
| Swantown Hill | N 3° | 132 m | 8.6 mi |
| Church Hill | NNW 334° | 120 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/542931636
Day trips start here
- Mystic · 2 mi
- Stonington · 2 mi
- Groton · 5 mi
- Watch Hill · 5 mi
- Westerly · 6 mi
- Ledyard · 7 mi
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