Nature reserve · Connecticut

Turtle Creek Preserve

Turtle Creek Preserve from directly overhead

Turtle Creek Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Tater Hill stands 179 m to the north, 8.4 miles off. North Fork Trail passes 14 miles off.

Private, Open To Public Without Fee

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Operated by: The Nature Conservancy

Getting there

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Coordinates41.33951, -72.37748

13.9 mi off the North Fork Trail
26.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
28.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A

Overlooks nearby

Bluff Overlook · 16 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Turtle Creek Preserve: 0.3 mi
Heron Pond Preserve: 0.7 mi
South Cove Access: 0.9 mi
Sunset Pond: 1.5 mi
John Lohmann Connecticut River Preserve: 1.5 mi

Museums

Connecticut River Museum: 0.9 mi
Essex Historical Society: 1.3 mi
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 1.6 mi
Florence Griswold Museum: 2.8 mi
Lyme Art Association: 2.8 mi

Peaks

Cheney Hill: 1.0 mi
Viney Hill: 1.4 mi
Stumpet Hill: 1.6 mi
Obed Heights: 1.7 mi
Ferry Hill: 1.7 mi

Parks

Essex Park: 1.1 mi
Essex Square: 1.2 mi
Viney Hill Brook Park: 1.2 mi
Municipal Triangle: 1.3 mi
Essex Tennis Courts: 1.4 mi

Historic sites

Suellen Kozy McCuin: 2.6 mi
Veterans Memorial: 3.2 mi
Lyme Roll of Honor: 3.5 mi
In Memorium Albert H. Cyphers Sr.: 5.2 mi
Westbrook Honor Roll: 5.2 mi

Beaches

Waterfalls40

Cascade: 7.8 mi
Cascade: 8.4 mi
Cascade: 8.4 mi
Clark Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
Succor Brook Falls: 9.2 mi

Attractions35

Stone Table: 4.5 mi
Salmon Head Rock: 5.8 mi
Historic Ferry: 6.2 mi
tri-town marker: 7.7 mi
turtle rock: 8.4 mi

Gardens27

Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
Memorial Garden: 9.8 mi
Butterfly Garden: 10.6 mi
Gingers Garden: 12.3 mi
Native Plant Gardens: 12.6 mi

Artworks22

Lion Gardner Statue: 4.0 mi
Monty the T-Rex: 10.3 mi
Totem Pole: 11.3 mi
James Madison: 12.4 mi
Nathan Hale Statue: 14.2 mi

Cliffs9

Candlewood Ledge: 3.9 mi
Pine Ledge: 5.4 mi
Broomstick Ledges: 16.8 mi
Bluff Head: 17.3 mi
Chimney Corner: 18.5 mi

Rest areas5

Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.4 mi
Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.3 mi
Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 21.2 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.0 mi

Picnic sites2

Powder House: 13.5 mi
Skate Hut: 13.5 mi

Lighthouses1

Saybrook Breakwater Light: 5.6 mi

Ghost towns1

Johnsonville Village: 11.4 mi

Springs1

Old Spring: 21.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Turtle Creek Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Tater Hill	N 6°	179 m	8.4 mi
Turkey Hill	NW 310°	138 m	8.3 mi
Mount Archer	NNE 13°	136 m	4.5 mi
Grassy Hill	NE 50°	129 m	6.6 mi
Wig Hill	NW 309°	128 m	7.2 mi
Tower Hill	W 279°	126 m	7.4 mi
Nickerson Hill	NNE 33°	123 m	4.8 mi
Honey Hill	N 10°	114 m	3.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:54	18:25	19:02
June solstice	05:17	19:45	20:27
September equinox	06:38	18:12	18:49
December solstice	07:13	15:39	16:24

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	32	39	50	57	67	75	74	67	57	47	39

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439498

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