Nature reserve · Connecticut
Lake of Isles Boat Launch
Lake of Isles Boat Launch is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the northeast, 0.7 miles off. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 5.7 miles off.
What to expect
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- State of Connecticut
How to reach it
Coordinates41.49034, -71.94825
- 5.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 8.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 13.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 15.3 mi off the Shannock Road
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Prentice Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Ayer Hill: 0.7 mi
- Barns Hill: 1.6 mi
- Swantown Hill: 1.7 mi
- Lantern Hill: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Eleanor and Flood Reed Memorial Woodlands: 1.2 mi
- Westbrook Fishing Club: 1.6 mi
- Preston Plains Water Co.: 1.8 mi
- Jessica Lane Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Lantern Hill Pond Boat Launch: 2.2 mi
Parks
- Avery Pond Water Access: 1.8 mi
- Amos Lake Water Access: 2.4 mi
- Preston Highway Park: 2.9 mi
- Downer-Doanes Park: 3.0 mi
- Sawmill Park: 3.6 mi
Museums
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 1.8 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 6.9 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 7.1 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 7.4 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 7.6 mi
Historic sites
- Cellar Hole: 2.3 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 4.3 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 6.7 mi
- Miantonomo: 6.7 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 41
- Austrailia Beach: 9.0 mi
- Williams Beach: 10.0 mi
- DuBois Beach: 11.4 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 11.6 mi
- Groton Beach: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 26
- Stone Turtle: 4.6 mi
- Promised Day: 7.0 mi
- Nevertheless: 7.0 mi
- River Blue: 7.3 mi
- Muffler Man: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 21
- Ledyard Oak Site: 7.0 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 7.1 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 9.0 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 9.6 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 20
- Yantic Falls: 7.9 mi
- Cascade: 10.0 mi
- Cascade: 10.2 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 12.9 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 14.0 mi
Gardens: 19
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 7.2 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 11.1 mi
- Sprout Garden: 11.2 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Skate Hut: 12.9 mi
- Powder House: 13.2 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 17.0 mi
- Big Beach: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 15.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 22.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 23.1 mi
- Coney Rock: 24.8 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.3 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 13.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 13.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 13.7 mi
Springs: 3
- Old Spring: 5.3 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Lake of Isles Boat Launch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NE 49° | 163 m | 0.7 mi |
| Chapman Hill | E 87° | 158 m | 4.5 mi |
| Stone Hill | NNE 19° | 157 m | 9.2 mi |
| Barns Hill | E 80° | 155 m | 1.6 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | E 81° | 153 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NNE 26° | 152 m | 3.9 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ESE 105° | 149 m | 3.5 mi |
| Ayer Hill | SW 224° | 144 m | 0.7 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 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 7 mi away.
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