Nature reserve · Connecticut
Plan a drive herePawcatuck River State Wildlife Management Area
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- Elevation, modelled
- 1 m
- Tallest summit within 13.0 miles
- Prentice Mountain163 m · 11.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- State Routes 49 & 14A5.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:25local time
- Coordinates
- 41.3496, -71.8336
Pawcatuck River State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled 1 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pawcatuck Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 5.0 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Pawcatuck River State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNW 332° | 163 m | 11.5 mi |
| Chapman Hill | N 352° | 158 m | 10.1 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNW 337° | 155 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | N 357° | 153 m | 10.6 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNW 344° | 149 m | 9.2 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NW 325° | 144 m | 11.2 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNW 328° | 139 m | 9.0 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNW 337° | 139 m | 9.1 mi |
- 5.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.5 mi off the Shannock Road
- 14.5 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 19.4 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Pawcatuck Rock: 0.3 mi
- Staunton Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 1.1 mi
- Cooky Hill: 1.9 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
- Rotary Park: 1.0 mi
- Kimball Park: 1.1 mi
- Margin Street Knoll: 1.3 mi
- Spellman Park: 1.6 mi
- Cimalore Field: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 1.7 mi
- Jonathan Foster Ground: 2.7 mi
- Borough Hall: 3.9 mi
- Cannon Square: 4.0 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 4.0 mi
Museums: 45
- Westerly Armory: 2.3 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 3.9 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 4.0 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 5.9 mi
- Denison Homestead: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 45
- Ocean House Beach: 2.9 mi
- DuBois Beach: 4.0 mi
- Williams Beach: 6.6 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 6.9 mi
- Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 24
- Ninigret Statue: 3.0 mi
- Penguin: 6.3 mi
- Mjolnir: 6.6 mi
- Giant Gnome: 6.6 mi
- Mystic Blue: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 17
- This Old House Westerly House: 1.5 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 3.1 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 4.9 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 5.1 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 15
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 14.0 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 14.1 mi
- Sprout Garden: 14.4 mi
- Azalea Garden: 14.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 3.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 3.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 3.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.4 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Cascade: 9.5 mi
- Cascade: 9.7 mi
- Yantic Falls: 18.4 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 18.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Picnic Pavilion: 8.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 8.9 mi
- Powder House: 14.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 14.8 mi
- Big Beach: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Clay Head: 17.1 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 19.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 20.8 mi
- Crow Head: 23.4 mi
- Lion Head: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 17.0 mi
Springs: 3
- Old Spring: 9.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 12.5 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 24.9 mi
| 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).
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, 2 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapDay trips start here
- Westerly · 2 mi
- Watch Hill · 3 mi
- Stonington · 4 mi
- Ashaway · 6 mi
- Mystic · 7 mi
- North Stonington · 7 mi
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