Moss Park
Moss Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Hinkley Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 3.4 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.2 mi off the Shannock Road
- 14.9 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 18.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hinkley Hill: 0.6 mi
- Cooky Hill: 0.9 mi
- Staunton Hill: 1.6 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 1.7 mi
- Pawcatuck Rock: 2.0 mi
- Kimball Park: 0.7 mi
- Spellman Park: 0.8 mi
- Margin Street Knoll: 0.8 mi
- Donahue Park: 0.8 mi
- Wilcox Park: 1.1 mi
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 1.4 mi
- Borough Hall: 4.0 mi
- Jonathan Foster Ground: 4.1 mi
- Cannon Square: 4.1 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Westerly Armory: 1.2 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 3.7 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 4.3 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 5.2 mi
- Denison Homestead: 5.2 mi
- DuBois Beach: 4.3 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 4.3 mi
- Williams Beach: 6.1 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 6.2 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 7.2 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 4.3 mi
- Penguin: 5.4 mi
- Giant Gnome: 5.7 mi
- Mjolnir: 5.7 mi
- Stone Turtle: 6.0 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 3.1 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 4.4 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 4.6 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 4.6 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 9.5 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 13.2 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 13.3 mi
- Sprout Garden: 13.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 13.6 mi
- Cascade: 8.9 mi
- Cascade: 9.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 16.8 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 17.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 19.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 4.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 4.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 4.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 4.7 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 21.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 9.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 9.5 mi
- Skate Hut: 14.1 mi
- Powder House: 14.2 mi
- Big Beach: 23.7 mi
- Clay Head: 18.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.5 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 20.8 mi
- Crow Head: 24.1 mi
- Lion Head: 24.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.9 mi
- Old Spring: 8.0 mi
- Factory Pond: 12.9 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Moss Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNW 331° | 163 m | 9.9 mi |
| Chapman Hill | N 355° | 158 m | 8.5 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNW 337° | 155 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | N 1° | 153 m | 9.1 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNW 346° | 149 m | 7.5 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NW 323° | 144 m | 9.6 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNW 327° | 139 m | 7.4 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNW 337° | 139 m | 7.4 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 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 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 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43440529
Day trips start here
- Westerly · 1 mi
- Stonington · 3 mi
- Watch Hill · 4 mi
- Ashaway · 5 mi
- North Stonington · 5 mi
- Mystic · 6 mi
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