Stony Brook Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy)
Stony Brook Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fennerswood Preserve O'Neill Tract, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 3.7 miles off.
South side of Sommers Lane just west of Taugwonk Road. No formal trails. Red maple swamp and wooded uplands.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 13.4 mi off the Shannock Road
- 16.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.7 mi off the Ministerial Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Fennerswood Preserve O'Neill Tract: 1.2 mi
- Fennerswood Preserve East Tract: 1.3 mi
- Fennerswood Preserve West Tract: 1.4 mi
- Anguilla Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Groton Sportsmens Club: 1.5 mi
- Merritt Hill: 1.3 mi
- Quoketaug Hill: 2.3 mi
- Jeremy Hill: 2.3 mi
- Wequetequock Hill: 2.7 mi
- Hinkley Hill: 2.8 mi
- Pawcatuck Little League: 1.7 mi
- Denison Homestead: 2.9 mi
- Old Mystic Playground: 2.9 mi
- Spellman Park: 3.0 mi
- North Stonington Town Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 3.7 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 3.7 mi
- Master Shipbuilders: 3.8 mi
- Borough Hall: 3.9 mi
- Cannon Square: 4.1 mi
- Denison Homestead: 3.0 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 3.0 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 3.0 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 3.3 mi
- Thompson Exhibition Building: 3.7 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 3.8 mi
- Williams Beach: 4.3 mi
- DuBois Beach: 4.3 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 5.8 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 6.2 mi
- Penguin: 2.8 mi
- Giant Gnome: 3.0 mi
- Mjolnir: 3.0 mi
- Stone Turtle: 3.0 mi
- Mystic Blue: 3.7 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 3.0 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 3.6 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 5.9 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 6.1 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.0 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 10.3 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 10.4 mi
- Sprout Garden: 10.7 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.7 mi
- Cascade: 6.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.6 mi
- Yantic Falls: 13.9 mi
- Silver Falls: 16.5 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 17.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 6.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 6.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 6.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 6.4 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.4 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.4 mi
- Powder House: 11.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 12.3 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 12.5 mi
- Big Beach: 24.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.5 mi
- Clay Head: 21.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 23.4 mi
- Crow Head: 23.4 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 23.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 3.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 12.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
- Old Spring: 4.8 mi
- Factory Pond: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Stony Brook Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNW 346° | 163 m | 7.6 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 17° | 158 m | 7.5 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 354° | 155 m | 7.3 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNE 21° | 153 m | 8.4 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 10° | 149 m | 6.1 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 336° | 144 m | 7.0 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNW 347° | 139 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 0° | 139 m | 5.6 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 | 15:37 | 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 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Stonington · 2 mi
- Mystic · 4 mi
- North Stonington · 4 mi
- Westerly · 4 mi
- Ashaway · 6 mi
- Watch Hill · 6 mi
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