Nature reserve · Connecticut
Preston Plains Water Co.
Preston Plains Water Co. is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the east, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Avery Pond Water Access, a park 0.3 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 7.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Preston Plains Water Company
How to reach it
Coordinates41.49176, -71.98258
- 7.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 8.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 13.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.1 mi off the Shannock Road
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Avery Pond Water Access: 0.3 mi
- Amos Lake Water Access: 1.7 mi
- Downer-Doanes Park: 2.5 mi
- Preston Highway Park: 3.0 mi
- Sawmill Park: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Gonch Farm Road Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Alejo Park: 1.3 mi
- Preston Plains Road Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Lake of Isles Boat Launch: 1.8 mi
- Eleanor and Flood Reed Memorial Woodlands: 1.9 mi
Peaks
- Ayer Hill: 1.4 mi
- Prentice Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Rose Hill: 2.4 mi
- Church Hill: 2.6 mi
- Lantern Hill: 2.9 mi
Museums
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 2.0 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 5.8 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 6.0 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 6.0 mi
- Tantaquidgeon Museum: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
- Cellar Hole: 3.1 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 3.9 mi
- Miantonomo: 5.4 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 5.4 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 40
- Austrailia Beach: 9.1 mi
- Williams Beach: 10.2 mi
- Groton Beach: 11.1 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 11.5 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 25
- Stone Turtle: 5.2 mi
- Promised Day: 5.3 mi
- Nevertheless: 5.3 mi
- River Blue: 5.5 mi
- Muffler Man: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 24
- Ledyard Oak Site: 5.9 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 5.9 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 8.0 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 10.0 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 24
- Yantic Falls: 6.3 mi
- Cascade: 9.6 mi
- Cascade: 9.8 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 12.7 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 20
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 5.6 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 10.0 mi
- Sprout Garden: 10.0 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 10.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Skate Hut: 11.8 mi
- Powder House: 12.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 18.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 18.6 mi
- Big Beach: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 14.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 14.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 14.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 20.4 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 23.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 7.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.0 mi
Springs: 3
- Old Spring: 4.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 19.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Preston Plains Water Co.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | E 81° | 163 m | 2.3 mi |
| Chapman Hill | E 89° | 158 m | 6.3 mi |
| Barns Hill | E 87° | 155 m | 3.4 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | E 84° | 153 m | 7.2 mi |
| Wawecus Hill | WNW 292° | 153 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NE 46° | 152 m | 4.9 mi |
| Stewart Hill | E 101° | 149 m | 5.3 mi |
| Ayer Hill | ESE 116° | 144 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 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, 5 mi away.
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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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