Pleasant Valley Preserve
Pleasant Valley Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 202 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pumpkin Hollow, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 9.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Central New York Land Trust
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 22.4 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 23.1 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Howlett Hill: 2.4 mi
- Baker Hill: 3.5 mi
- Bishop Hill: 4.2 mi
- Lords Hill: 4.3 mi
- Smith Hill: 4.8 mi
- Howlett Hill Park: 3.4 mi
- King Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
- Marcellus Park: 3.9 mi
- Edgecliff Park: 3.9 mi
- Scenic Hills: 4.3 mi
- Split Rock Rock Crusher: 3.8 mi
- Snyder Bridge Dedication Plaque: 3.9 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorials: 4.1 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
- United States Coast Guard: 7.2 mi
- Pumpkin Hollow: 1.0 mi
- Herbert Luke Sanger Wildlife Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Holdridge Habitat Woods: 3.0 mi
- South Onondaga Marsh: 3.8 mi
- Split Rock Unique Area: 3.9 mi
- Steadman House: 4.1 mi
- Witter Agricultural Museum: 7.4 mi
- Wagoner Carriage Museum: 7.4 mi
- Museum of Science and Technology: 7.5 mi
- Everson Museum of Art: 7.7 mi
- Mountain Goat: 6.1 mi
- Tipperary Hill Heritage Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Walt: 7.5 mi
- One, Two, Three: 7.6 mi
- Ernie Davis: 7.8 mi
- Marcellus Falls: 4.6 mi
- Guppy Falls: 6.8 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 10.4 mi
- Lower Carpenter Falls: 11.3 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 11.8 mi
- James Pass Arboretum: 6.1 mi
- Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 6.8 mi
- South Side Garden: 7.0 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 8.2 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 7.3 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 7.4 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 7.6 mi
- Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge: 8.9 mi
- Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 16.0 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 9.6 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 16.2 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 17.0 mi
- Oneida Shores: 19.1 mi
- Valentine's Beach: 19.1 mi
- Willow Bay: 10.1 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 11.9 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 12.3 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 5.2 mi
- Preble: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Pleasant Valley Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | SE 133° | 618 m | 18.7 mi |
| Truxton Hill | SSE 147° | 616 m | 17.6 mi |
| Fellows Hill | SE 132° | 611 m | 16.4 mi |
| Labrador Hill | SE 143° | 606 m | 16.8 mi |
| Ripley Hill | S 175° | 604 m | 12.6 mi |
| Jones Hill | SE 138° | 598 m | 16.4 mi |
| Arab Hill | ESE 120° | 593 m | 20.2 mi |
| Preble Hill | SSE 167° | 580 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/756121328
Day trips start here
- Syracuse · 8 mi
- Skaneateles · 9 mi
- Auburn · 16 mi
- Weedsport · 16 mi
- Cazenovia · 21 mi
- Central New York · 23 mi
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