- Elevation, modelled
- 2 m
- Tallest summit within 10.8 miles
- Stewart Hill149 m · 10.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- State Routes 49 & 14A7.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:25local time
- Coordinates
- 41.3391, -71.9397
Knox Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled 2 m. Stewart Hill stands 149 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Lambs Way Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.5 miles off.
The Knox Preserve is accessible from Wilcox Road, off Route 1. The ocean-side preserve also abuts the Miner Cemetery – noted as being the oldest cemetery in Stonington. South side of Wilcox Road ~200 feet south of Route #1. Abutting Quiambaug Cove. Short
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Knox Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Hill | NNE 17° | 149 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ayer Hill | N 355° | 144 m | 10.0 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 5° | 139 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNE 12° | 139 m | 9.3 mi |
| Swantown Hill | N 5° | 132 m | 9.4 mi |
| Church Hill | NNW 339° | 120 m | 8.7 mi |
| Lantern Hill | N 359° | 118 m | 8.4 mi |
| Gungywamp Hill | NW 306° | 108 m | 7.3 mi |
- 7.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.5 mi off the Shannock Road
- 18.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169National
- 20.0 mi off the Ministerial Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lambs Way Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Cottrell Marsh: 0.7 mi
- Knox Family Farm Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Mistuxet Hill Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy): 1.7 mi
- Willams Beach Park: 1.1 mi
- Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 1.7 mi
- Mystic River Park Playground: 1.8 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.8 mi
- Cannon Square: 1.8 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Cannon Square: 1.8 mi
- Borough Hall: 1.8 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 2.0 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.7 mi
- Pequot Hill: 2.6 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 3.6 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.7 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 3.8 mi
- Williams Beach: 1.1 mi
- DuBois Beach: 1.9 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 2.0 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 2.0 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 2.5 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 1.7 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 1.7 mi
- Denison Homestead: 1.7 mi
- Mystic Museum of Art: 1.9 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 1.9 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 2.0 mi
- Mystic Blue: 2.1 mi
- Penguin: 2.5 mi
- Mjolnir: 2.5 mi
- Giant Gnome: 2.5 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 0.7 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 1.0 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 4.7 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 6.1 mi
- The Whale: 8.0 mi
- Cascade: 4.2 mi
- Cascade: 4.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 15.3 mi
- Yantic Falls: 15.5 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 21.0 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 8.7 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 8.9 mi
- Sensory Garden: 9.1 mi
- Sprout Garden: 9.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 4.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 4.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 4.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 4.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 21.6 mi
- Crow Head: 19.4 mi
- Clay Head: 21.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 21.8 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 23.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 23.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
- Powder House: 9.3 mi
- Skate Hut: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 14.3 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 14.5 mi
- Old Spring: 6.1 mi
- Factory Pond: 18.0 mi
| 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).
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.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteDay trips start here
- Mystic · 2 mi
- Stonington · 2 mi
- Groton · 5 mi
- Watch Hill · 5 mi
- Westerly · 6 mi
- Ledyard · 8 mi
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