Watch Rock Preserve
Watch Rock Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Archer stands 136 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Island Marshes, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Old Lyme Land Trust
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 26.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Great Island Marshes: 0.4 mi
- Belton Copp Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Champlain South Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Great Island Marshes: 1.4 mi
- Champlain North Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Bride Brook Historical Plaque: 4.7 mi
- Suellen Kozy McCuin: 5.0 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 5.9 mi
- Westbrook Honor Roll: 6.2 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 0.6 mi
- Johnnycake Hill: 0.9 mi
- Ferry Hill: 2.0 mi
- Quarry Hill: 2.2 mi
- Obed Heights: 2.5 mi
- Old Lyme Green: 0.7 mi
- Lieutenant River Boat Launch: 0.8 mi
- Ferry Landing State Park: 0.9 mi
- Great Island Nature Area: 1.0 mi
- Great Island Boat Launch: 1.1 mi
- Nut Museum: 0.8 mi
- Old Lyme Historical Society: 1.1 mi
- Lyme Art Association: 1.5 mi
- Florence Griswold Museum: 1.6 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 4.3 mi
- Poverty Island Beach: 1.5 mi
- White Sand Beach: 2.1 mi
- Miami Beach: 3.0 mi
- Soundview Beach: 3.3 mi
- Harveys Beach: 3.8 mi
- Stone Table: 7.5 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 8.3 mi
- tri-town marker: 9.3 mi
- Historic Ferry: 9.6 mi
- turtle rock: 9.8 mi
- Silver Falls: 9.6 mi
- Cascade: 11.1 mi
- Cascade: 11.2 mi
- Cascade: 11.2 mi
- Cascade: 12.0 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 1.7 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 10.6 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 12.4 mi
- Totem Pole: 13.9 mi
- James Madison: 14.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.9 mi
- Rock Garden: 11.3 mi
- West Garden: 11.3 mi
- Cutting Garden: 11.4 mi
- East Garden: 11.4 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 6.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 8.9 mi
- Ram Head: 15.9 mi
- Crow Head: 17.1 mi
- Hedges Bank: 18.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 2.8 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 24.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 24.6 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 24.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 24.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.2 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 16.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.4 mi
- Powder House: 11.5 mi
- Skate Hut: 11.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.7 mi
- Old Spring: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Watch Rock Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Archer | N 349° | 136 m | 7.1 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NNE 22° | 129 m | 7.3 mi |
| Nickerson Hill | N 2° | 123 m | 6.6 mi |
| Honey Hill | NNW 345° | 114 m | 6.6 mi |
| Brown Hill | N 6° | 112 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bushy Hill | WNW 295° | 105 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pond Hill | NE 46° | 103 m | 6.4 mi |
| Millstone Hill | NNW 327° | 101 m | 6.2 mi |
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 | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43398935
Day trips start here
- Old Lyme · 2 mi
- Old Saybrook · 3 mi
- Essex · 5 mi
- East Lyme · 6 mi
- Waterford · 10 mi
- New London · 13 mi
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