Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve

Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve is a nature reserve in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve is situated nearby to the suburb Lords Point, as well as near the locality Wamphassuc Point.

Places of Interest

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

Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonington and Mystic.

Stonington

Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Marcia Woolworth Porter Preserve

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

41.3376° or 41° 20′ 15″ north

Longitude

-71.9235° or 71° 55′ 25″ west

Operator

Avalonia Land Conservancy

Open location code

87HC83QG+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 548918059

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lords Point and Wamphassuc Point.

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Highlights include Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes and Rock Island.

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