Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy)
Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House, a museum 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 6.2 miles off.
Northwest corner of the intersection of North Main and Palmer Streets. Open meadow area on salt marsh edge of Quanaduck Cove. Water access allowed.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.8 mi off the Shannock Road
- 18.2 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 19.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cutler Street Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Dodge Paddock / Beal Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Paffard Woods Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Wequetequock Cove Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 0.5 mi
- Cannon Square: 0.8 mi
- Barn Island Boat Launch: 1.5 mi
- Barn Island Hunting Area: 2.0 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.6 mi
- Borough Hall: 0.6 mi
- Cannon Square: 0.8 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Mystic Civil War Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 3.4 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 1.9 mi
- Staunton Hill: 2.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 3.5 mi
- Bear Hill: 3.5 mi
- Hinkley Hill: 3.8 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 0.1 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 1.0 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 2.5 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.6 mi
- Children's Museum: 3.3 mi
- DuBois Beach: 1.0 mi
- Williams Beach: 2.8 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 3.4 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 3.6 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 3.7 mi
- Penguin: 3.2 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 3.3 mi
- Mystic Blue: 3.4 mi
- Mjolnir: 3.4 mi
- Giant Gnome: 3.4 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 1.1 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 1.5 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 3.4 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 4.3 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 9.4 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 10.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 10.5 mi
- Sprout Garden: 10.9 mi
- Wildflower Garden: 10.9 mi
- Cascade: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 6.0 mi
- Yantic Falls: 16.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 17.0 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 20.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 3.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 3.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 3.6 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.6 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 22.5 mi
- Clay Head: 20.2 mi
- Crow Head: 20.6 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 21.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 22.4 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 23.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.3 mi
- Powder House: 11.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 12.5 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 12.7 mi
- Old Spring: 6.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | N 351° | 163 m | 10.8 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 12° | 158 m | 10.6 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 357° | 155 m | 10.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 7° | 149 m | 9.4 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 344° | 144 m | 10.0 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | N 353° | 139 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 1° | 139 m | 8.8 mi |
| Swantown Hill | N 354° | 132 m | 9.1 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 | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:38 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/538559056
Day trips start here
- Stonington · 2 mi
- Mystic · 3 mi
- Watch Hill · 4 mi
- Westerly · 5 mi
- Groton · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 7 mi
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