Paffard Woods Preserve

Paffard Woods Preserve is a nature reserve in Town of Stonington, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Paffard Woods Preserve is situated nearby to the town Stonington, as well as near the village Wequetequock.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House and Elihu Island.

Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House

Museum

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The Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House is a historic house museum in Stonington, Connecticut, built in 1852–54. The house is a transitional style between the Greek Revival and the Victorian Italianate.

Elihu Island

Island

Elihu Island is a private island off the coast of Stonington, Connecticut. It is located in Wequetequock Cove, just southwest of Goat Island and northeast of the western tip of Sandy Point Island.

Goat Island

Islet

Goat Island is part of Stonington, Connecticut in Wequetequock Cove. It is just northeast of Elihu Island, and is also close to the coast along the Northeast Corridor. Sandy Point Island is nearby southwest along Little Narragansett Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonington and Mystic.

Stonington is a town located on Long Island Sound in New London County, Connecticut. The municipal limits of the town include the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and Wequetequock, and the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic.

Mystic

Photo: peasap, CC BY 2.0.

Mystic is a village that is partly in Groton and partly in Stonington in Connecticut. It is a major tourist destination.

Watch Hill

Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.

Watch Hill is a district in Westerly, which is a town in Rhode Island. Watch Hill is a wealthy, summer tourist district comprised of two main streets. Most of the homes are summer mansions.

Paffard Woods Preserve

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Stonington, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.355° or 41° 21′ 18″ north

Longitude

-71.9067° or 71° 54′ 24″ west

Operator

Avalonia Land Conservancy

Open location code

87HC934V+28

OpenStreetMap ID

way 536755298

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Stonington and Wequetequock.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Stonington Cemetery and Vargas Pond.

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