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Hidden Valley Conservation Easement

Hidden Valley Conservation Easement from directly overhead

Hidden Valley Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Clark Hill stands 241 m to the northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Valley Farm Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
East Haddam Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.50909, -72.44427

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Nichols Field: 1.1 mi
  • Lower Moodus Reservoir Boat Launch: 1.2 mi
  • East Haddam Town Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Connor's Way: 1.9 mi
  • Pickerel Lake Boat Launch: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 60
Historic sites
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 3.5 mi
  • Major General Joseph Spencer: 4.8 mi
  • Yellow Ribbon Tree: 5.5 mi
  • Lions Club Pavilion: 6.6 mi
  • Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 6.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Waterfalls: 55
Beaches: 46
Attractions: 44
  • Mill Turbine: 0.7 mi
  • Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 3.2 mi
  • Devil's Oven: 5.9 mi
  • Pumpkintown USA: 6.0 mi
  • grindstone: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 17.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Old Spring: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Hidden Valley Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clark HillNW 325°241 m7.3 mi
Raccoon HillNW 323°228 m8.8 mi
Great HillNW 311°222 m7.6 mi
Baker HillNNW 337°204 m5.9 mi
Goose HillSW 234°201 m7.8 mi
Bear HillW 277°199 m7.7 mi
Carter HillN 352°192 m8.2 mi
Chestnut MountainW 269°186 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1719:4620:28
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1415:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1083221075

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