Preston Highway Park
Preston Highway Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 90 m. Bare Hill stands 193 m to the northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Preston City Social Club Land, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 5.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 90 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 5.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 10.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 16.6 mi off the Shannock Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Preston City Social Club Land: 0.7 mi
- Preston Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Preston Plains Road Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Eleanor and Flood Reed Memorial Woodlands: 1.6 mi
- Westbrook Fishing Club: 1.9 mi
- Downer-Doanes Park: 0.9 mi
- Amos Lake Water Access: 1.4 mi
- Avery Pond Water Access: 2.7 mi
- Kenwood Association Park: 3.4 mi
- Pachaug Pond Boat Launch: 3.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bay Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Prentice Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Rye Hill: 3.0 mi
- Barns Hill: 3.3 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 4.5 mi
- John Bishop House: 5.9 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 6.2 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 6.3 mi
- Leffingwell House Museum: 6.8 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 4.6 mi
- Miantonomo: 5.0 mi
- Cellar Hole: 5.1 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 6.2 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 6.8 mi
- Promised Day: 6.0 mi
- Nevertheless: 6.1 mi
- Muffler Man: 7.0 mi
- River Blue: 7.3 mi
- Stone Turtle: 7.4 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 11.7 mi
- Williams Beach: 12.8 mi
- Groton Beach: 14.1 mi
- DuBois Beach: 14.3 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 14.3 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 6.5 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.8 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 8.9 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road: 11.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Plainfield Pike: 11.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 5.9 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 12.9 mi
- Sprout Garden: 12.9 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 13.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 6.8 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 11.7 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 11.7 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 11.7 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 11.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 14.8 mi
- Powder House: 15.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 18.8 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 19.0 mi
- Big Beach: 22.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 13.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 20.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 22.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 22.6 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 16.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 16.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 16.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 16.5 mi
- Old Spring: 7.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.5 mi
- Factory Pond: 21.0 mi
- Bara-Hack: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Preston Highway Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bare Hill | NE 35° | 193 m | 9.1 mi |
| Prentice Mountain | SSE 155° | 163 m | 2.6 mi |
| Chapman Hill | ESE 117° | 158 m | 5.7 mi |
| Stone Hill | NNE 31° | 157 m | 6.8 mi |
| Barns Hill | SE 140° | 155 m | 3.3 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | ESE 108° | 153 m | 6.2 mi |
| Wawecus Hill | W 273° | 153 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bay Mountain | ENE 72° | 152 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 6 mi away.
- Black-capped Chickadee10 obs
- Downy Woodpecker10 obs
- Blue Jay9 obs
- White-throated Sparrow9 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage8 obs
- American beech8 obs
- Tufted Titmouse7 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel7 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 node/359280411
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