North Stonington Town Recreation Area
North Stonington Town Recreation Area is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 56 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Street Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 1.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 56 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of North Stonington
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.6 mi off the Shannock Road
- 13.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.2 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Main Street Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Rocky Hollow Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Stephen Main Homestead: 0.4 mi
- Waldo Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Wyassup Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- North Stonington Village Green: 0.4 mi
- Pawcatuck Little League: 3.4 mi
- Wyassup Lake Boat Launch: 3.7 mi
- "Bushel" Sposato Park: 4.4 mi
- Craig's Field: 4.6 mi
- Pitcher Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Jeremy Hill: 1.4 mi
- Merritt Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cossaduck Hill: 2.7 mi
- Wintechog Hill: 2.8 mi
- Cellar Hole: 3.6 mi
- Babcock-Smith House Museum: 5.5 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 5.6 mi
- Mystic Seaport Museum First Building: 6.7 mi
- Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan: 6.7 mi
- Westerly Armory: 4.7 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 4.7 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 5.2 mi
- Denison Homestead: 6.1 mi
- Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center: 6.1 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 6.8 mi
- Williams Beach: 7.5 mi
- DuBois Beach: 7.6 mi
- Ocean House Beach: 8.9 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 9.1 mi
- Stone Turtle: 3.1 mi
- Penguin: 5.7 mi
- Giant Gnome: 5.8 mi
- Mjolnir: 5.8 mi
- Mystic Blue: 6.6 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 6.4 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 7.0 mi
- This Old House Westerly House: 7.9 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.8 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 8.9 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 12.1 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 12.2 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 12.2 mi
- Sprout Garden: 12.4 mi
- Cascade: 9.0 mi
- Cascade: 9.2 mi
- Yantic Falls: 12.7 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 13.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 17.6 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 12.0 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 12.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 13.6 mi
- Powder House: 13.7 mi
- Big Beach: 21.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.4 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 12.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 13.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 13.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 9.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 9.2 mi
- Old Spring: 5.6 mi
- Factory Pond: 14.9 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 24.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 16.1 mi
- Clay Head: 22.7 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of North Stonington Town Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentice Mountain | NW 325° | 163 m | 5.1 mi |
| Chapman Hill | NNE 14° | 158 m | 4.1 mi |
| Barns Hill | NNW 335° | 155 m | 4.5 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | NNE 22° | 153 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NNW 346° | 152 m | 7.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | N 358° | 149 m | 2.9 mi |
| Ayer Hill | NW 309° | 144 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | NNW 335° | 139 m | 2.7 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, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage15 obs
- multiflora rose13 obs
- American wintergreen12 obs
- Canada mayflower11 obs
- Asian bittersweet10 obs
- Downy Woodpecker10 obs
- White-throated Sparrow9 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush9 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/341628055
Day trips start here
- North Stonington · 0 mi
- Ashaway · 5 mi
- Stonington · 5 mi
- Westerly · 5 mi
- Hopkinton · 6 mi
- Ledyard · 7 mi
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