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Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve

Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve from directly overhead

Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Barns Hill stands 155 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes, a attraction 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.2 miles off.

West side of Wamphassuc Road. Enter just south of railroad tracks or overview area farther south on same road (CT DEEP Coastal Access site). No access onto marsh to protect fragile habitat. Saltwater marsh and inland wetlands and two wooded “islands."

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Avalonia Land Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.33492, -71.92391

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 0.9 mi
  • Cannon Square: 0.9 mi
  • Willams Beach Park: 2.0 mi
  • Denison Homestead: 2.3 mi
  • Barn Island Boat Launch: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Pine Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Wequetequock Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Pequot Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Staunton Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Bear Hill: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 56
Museums: 52
Artworks: 24
  • John Kelley Statue: 2.8 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 2.9 mi
  • Penguin: 3.0 mi
  • Mjolnir: 3.2 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 16
Waterfalls: 15
  • Cascade: 5.0 mi
  • Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Silver Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 21.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Factory Pond: 17.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barns HillN 2°155 m11.0 mi
Stewart HillNNE 12°149 m10.1 mi
Ayer HillN 350°144 m10.4 mi
Wintechog HillN 360°139 m8.7 mi
Cossaduck HillN 7°139 m9.5 mi
Swantown HillN 0°132 m9.6 mi
Church HillNNW 335°120 m9.3 mi
Lantern HillN 353°118 m8.7 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1115:3816:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/548918059

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