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Mistuxet Hill Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy)

Mistuxet Hill Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy) from directly overhead

Mistuxet Hill Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mystic Little League Field, a park 0.4 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.1 miles off.

Mistuxet Avenue. Access from Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center trail system. Rocky upland and some wetlands. No formal trails.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.36031, -71.95443

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mystic Little League Field: 0.4 mi
  • Denison Homestead: 0.5 mi
  • Mystic River Boathouse Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mystic River Park: 0.9 mi
  • Mystic River Park Playground: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches: 54
Artworks: 23
  • Mystic Blue: 0.5 mi
  • Mjolnir: 0.9 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 0.9 mi
  • Penguin: 0.9 mi
  • John Kelley Statue: 1.0 mi
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cascade: 3.3 mi
  • Cascade: 3.5 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Silver Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 16
Lighthouses: 5
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • Old Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Factory Pond: 18.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Mistuxet Hill Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainN 5°163 m9.5 mi
Barns HillNNE 12°155 m9.5 mi
Stewart HillNNE 25°149 m8.9 mi
Ayer HillN 359°144 m8.5 mi
Wintechog HillNNE 12°139 m7.1 mi
Cossaduck HillNNE 19°139 m8.1 mi
Swantown HillNNE 11°132 m8.1 mi
Church HillNNW 340°120 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2419:00
June solstice05:1519:4420:25
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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/549054903

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