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Stephen Main Homestead

Stephen Main Homestead from directly overhead

Stephen Main Homestead is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is North Stonington Village Green, a park 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 1.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Stonington Historical Society
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.44184, -71.88295
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums: 55
Beaches: 41
Attractions: 23
Artworks: 22
  • Stone Turtle: 3.1 mi
  • Penguin: 5.9 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 6.1 mi
  • Mjolnir: 6.1 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 16
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cascade: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade: 9.4 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Silver Falls: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 12.3 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 12.5 mi
  • Skate Hut: 13.6 mi
  • Powder House: 13.8 mi
  • Big Beach: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 12.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 3
  • Old Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Factory Pond: 15.1 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Stephen Main Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainNW 323°163 m4.8 mi
Chapman HillNNE 17°158 m3.8 mi
Barns HillNNW 334°155 m4.1 mi
Pendleton HillNNE 25°153 m4.7 mi
Bay MountainNNW 347°152 m7.1 mi
Stewart HillN 0°149 m2.5 mi
Ayer HillNW 306°144 m4.8 mi
Cossaduck HillNNW 333°139 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1519:4320:25
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1115:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1025031600

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