Nature reserve · Connecticut
Puttker Road Open Space
Puttker Road Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Escoheag Hill stands 168 m to the north-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Falls River Glen Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 0.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of North Stonington
How to reach it
Coordinates41.47316, -71.81961
- 0.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 8.6 mi off the Shannock Road
- 12.2 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
- 13.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Green Falls River Glen Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Anna Coit Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge: 0.6 mi
- Jones Family Farm Tract: 1.2 mi
- Gurnee Tract: 2.0 mi
Peaks
- Champlin Hill: 2.3 mi
- Pendleton Hill: 2.4 mi
- Chapman Hill: 2.6 mi
- Maxon Hill: 2.9 mi
- Stewart Hill: 3.3 mi
Parks
- Wyassup Lake Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
- North Stonington Village Green: 3.9 mi
- Crandall Field: 4.0 mi
- North Stonington Town Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Depot Square Park: 5.8 mi
Historic sites
- Bucklin Memorial, Yawgoog Scout Reservation: 3.9 mi
- H. C. Anthony Stockade: 4.0 mi
- Cellar Hole: 6.5 mi
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 7.0 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 9.1 mi
Museums: 59
- Yawgoog Heritage Center: 3.9 mi
- Westerly Armory: 6.3 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 7.4 mi
- Tomaquag Indian Museum: 8.6 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 46
- Burlingame State Park Beach: 8.9 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 10.8 mi
- DuBois Beach: 11.0 mi
- Ninigret Beach: 11.1 mi
- Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 24
- Stone Turtle: 7.0 mi
- Giant Troll Young Boulder: 9.1 mi
- Penguin: 9.7 mi
- Giant Gnome: 9.9 mi
- Mjolnir: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 21
- This Old House Westerly House: 9.9 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 10.2 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 10.6 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 10.7 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Stepstone Falls: 10.1 mi
- Cascade: 13.1 mi
- Cascade: 13.3 mi
- Yantic Falls: 14.6 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 15
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 13.8 mi
- Florence Nightingale Memorial Garden: 15.0 mi
- Heber W. Youngken Medicinal Garden: 15.2 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Picnic Pavilion: 10.7 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 10.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 17.5 mi
- Powder House: 17.7 mi
- Big Beach: 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 11.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 11.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 11.9 mi
- Beavertail Light: 21.8 mi
Springs: 4
- Old Spring: 9.4 mi
- Factory Pond: 12.7 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 21.1 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 9.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.5 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Puttker Road Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escoheag Hill | NNE 14° | 168 m | 9.5 mi |
| Prentice Mountain | WNW 285° | 163 m | 6.3 mi |
| Chapman Hill | WNW 303° | 158 m | 2.6 mi |
| Stone Hill | NNW 340° | 157 m | 10.5 mi |
| Barns Hill | WNW 286° | 155 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNW 328° | 153 m | 2.4 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NW 314° | 152 m | 6.8 mi |
| Stewart Hill | W 275° | 149 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:37 | 16:21 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1025033371
Day trips start here
- Hopkinton · 2 mi
- Ashaway · 4 mi
- North Stonington · 4 mi
- Westerly · 7 mi
- Wyoming · 7 mi
- Arcadia Wildlife Management Park · 8 mi
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