Wequetequock Cove Preserve
Wequetequock Cove Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Wequetequock Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 5.1 miles off.
No access during bird nesting/breeding except along road frontage for bird observation. Mowed trail around edges. Open grassland habitat with 1,000 feet of frontage on Wequetequock Cove. Managed as grassland habitat by CT DEEP.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Avalonia Land Conservancy
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 13.4 mi off the Shannock Road
- 16.9 mi off the Ministerial Road
- 18.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wequetequock Hill: 0.5 mi
- Staunton Hill: 1.6 mi
- Hinkley Hill: 2.5 mi
- Pawcatuck Rock: 2.7 mi
- Cooky Hill: 3.1 mi
- Barn Island Hunting Area: 1.0 mi
- Barn Island Boat Launch: 1.0 mi
- Spellman Park: 1.5 mi
- Wadawanuck Square (Borough Open Space): 1.8 mi
- Cannon Square: 2.0 mi
- Borough Hall: 1.8 mi
- Cannon Square: 2.0 mi
- 1814 Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Jonathan Foster Ground: 3.1 mi
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 3.4 mi
- Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House: 1.5 mi
- Old Lighthouse Museum: 2.1 mi
- Westerly Armory: 3.4 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 3.5 mi
- Denison Homestead: 3.5 mi
- DuBois Beach: 2.1 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 3.4 mi
- Williams Beach: 4.1 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 4.4 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 5.1 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 3.2 mi
- Penguin: 3.9 mi
- Mjolnir: 4.2 mi
- Giant Gnome: 4.2 mi
- Mystic Blue: 4.4 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 2.5 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 2.7 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 3.2 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 3.4 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 10.1 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 11.5 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 11.6 mi
- Sprout Garden: 11.9 mi
- Azalea Garden: 12.0 mi
- Cascade: 7.1 mi
- Cascade: 7.2 mi
- Yantic Falls: 16.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 18.0 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 19.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 3.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 3.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 3.6 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.6 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 21.9 mi
- Clay Head: 19.3 mi
- Mohegan Bluffs: 21.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 21.4 mi
- Crow Head: 21.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 24.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 14.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.0 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 11.2 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 11.4 mi
- Skate Hut: 12.3 mi
- Powder House: 12.3 mi
- Old Spring: 7.2 mi
- Factory Pond: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Wequetequock Cove Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NNW 344° | 163 m | 10.4 mi |
| Chapman Hill | N 6° | 158 m | 9.8 mi |
| Barns Hill | N 349° | 155 m | 10.0 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | N 10° | 153 m | 10.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 359° | 149 m | 8.6 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NNW 336° | 144 m | 9.8 mi |
| Wintechog Hill | NNW 343° | 139 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | N 352° | 139 m | 8.2 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/549216214
Day trips start here
- Stonington · 2 mi
- Watch Hill · 3 mi
- Westerly · 3 mi
- Mystic · 4 mi
- North Stonington · 6 mi
- Ashaway · 7 mi
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