Simone and Antonetta Norcia Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy)
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- Elevation, modelled
- 10 m
- Tallest summit within 12.4 miles
- Prentice Mountain163 m · 10.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- State Routes 49 & 14A4.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:25local time
- Coordinates
- 41.3624, -71.8476
Simone and Antonetta Norcia Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled 10 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Spellman Park, a park 0.5 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 4.1 miles off.
Unsigned access on right-of-way from Hickory Lane, off of Johnson Street and unsigned access off Brannegan Drive southward extension. Old farmland in transition to brush with some treed areas. No formal trails.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Simone and Antonetta Norcia Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNW 333° | 163 m | 10.4 mi |
| Chapman Hill | N 356° | 158 m | 9.1 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNW 338° | 155 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | N 1° | 153 m | 9.7 mi |
| Stewart Hill | NNW 347° | 149 m | 8.2 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NW 326° | 144 m | 10.1 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNW 329° | 139 m | 7.9 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNW 339° | 139 m | 8.0 mi |
- 4.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.6 mi off the Shannock Road
- 15.0 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 18.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169National
Named places within 25 miles
- Spellman Park: 0.5 mi
- Kimball Park: 0.7 mi
- Margin Street Knoll: 0.9 mi
- Donahue Park: 1.3 mi
- Wilcox Park: 1.5 mi
- Moss Park: 0.6 mi
- Anguilla Brook Preserve - Birdland Tract: 1.0 mi
- Pawcatuck River State Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
- Fusina Conservation Easement: 1.2 mi
- The Preserve at Castle Hill: 1.3 mi
- Staunton Hill: 0.9 mi
- Hinkley Hill: 1.3 mi
- Cooky Hill: 1.3 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pawcatuck Rock: 1.4 mi
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Jonathan Foster Ground: 3.4 mi
- Borough Hall: 3.6 mi
- Cannon Square: 3.7 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Westerly Armory: 1.7 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 3.4 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 3.8 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 5.1 mi
- Denison Homestead: 5.2 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 3.7 mi
- DuBois Beach: 3.8 mi
- Williams Beach: 5.9 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 6.1 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 6.9 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 3.6 mi
- Penguin: 5.5 mi
- Giant Gnome: 5.7 mi
- Mjolnir: 5.7 mi
- Mystic Blue: 6.0 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 2.6 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 3.7 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 4.4 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 4.4 mi
- Hellcat Propeller: 9.5 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 13.2 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 13.3 mi
- Sprout Garden: 13.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 13.6 mi
- Cascade: 8.8 mi
- Cascade: 9.0 mi
- Yantic Falls: 17.3 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 17.8 mi
- Silver Falls: 19.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 4.1 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 4.1 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 4.1 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 21.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 9.4 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 9.6 mi
- Skate Hut: 14.1 mi
- Powder House: 14.1 mi
- Big Beach: 24.2 mi
- Clay Head: 18.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 20.2 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 20.4 mi
- Crow Head: 23.5 mi
- Lion Head: 24.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.5 mi
- Old Spring: 8.3 mi
- Factory Pond: 13.0 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.
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- Westerly · 1 mi
- Stonington · 3 mi
- Watch Hill · 3 mi
- Ashaway · 5 mi
- Mystic · 6 mi
- North Stonington · 6 mi
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