McKinley Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy)

McKinley Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy) is a nature reserve in Town of Stonington, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. McKinley Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy) is situated nearby to the village Wequetequock, as well as near Clarks Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House and Goat 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.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonington and Westerly.

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.

Westerly

Photo: waffies, CC BY 2.0.

Westerly is a town on the southwestern shoreline of Washington County, Rhode Island. First settled by Elder John Crandall in 1661 it is believed that John Crandall named the town after his birthplace in Westerleigh, England.

Pawcatuck

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Pawcatuck is a village and census-designated place in the town of Stonington which is located in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,624 at the 2010 census.

McKinley Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy)

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

41.3693° or 41° 22′ 10″ north

Longitude

-71.8849° or 71° 53′ 6″ west

Open location code

87HC9498+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 549040088

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Wequetequock and Clarks Village.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Town Open Space (Farmholme Road) and Wequetequock Fire Department.

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