Pleasant Valley Preserve
Pleasant Valley Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Tater Hill stands 179 m to the north-northwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lyme's Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1992
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lyme Land Conservation Trust
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 21.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lyme's Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- The Ancient Town of Lyme: 0.4 mi
- The Eagle: 0.4 mi
- Lyme Roll of Honor: 2.2 mi
- Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 3.3 mi
- Bloom Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Jewett Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Fehrer Preserve: 0.7 mi
- McIntosh Pond: 0.8 mi
- Riverside Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Mount Archer: 1.3 mi
- Lyme Highest Point: 1.4 mi
- Nickerson Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cedar Hill: 1.9 mi
- Honey Hill: 2.0 mi
- Hamburg Fair: 2.1 mi
- Norwich Pond Boat Launch: 2.9 mi
- Uncas Lake Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
- Rogers Lake Boat Launch: 4.5 mi
- Powers Lake Boat Launch: 4.7 mi
- Gillette Castle: 4.5 mi
- Connecticut River Museum: 5.1 mi
- Essex Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- East Haddam Historical Society Museum: 5.3 mi
- Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: 5.7 mi
- Poverty Island Beach: 9.5 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 9.6 mi
- Rocky Neck State Beach: 9.7 mi
- White Sand Beach: 9.7 mi
- Miami Beach: 9.8 mi
- Cascade: 3.5 mi
- Cascade: 3.6 mi
- Cascade: 4.0 mi
- Chapman Falls: 4.6 mi
- Cascade: 5.5 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 0.8 mi
- tri-town marker: 2.3 mi
- turtle rock: 3.4 mi
- Devil's Oven: 4.1 mi
- Historic Ferry: 4.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.1 mi
- Gingers Garden: 9.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 12.2 mi
- Laurel Walk: 12.3 mi
- Azalea Garden: 12.3 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 6.2 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 9.2 mi
- Sparky: 11.9 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 12.9 mi
- River Blue: 14.0 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 1.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 6.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 18.0 mi
- Bluff Head: 18.4 mi
- Chimney Corner: 22.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 12.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.5 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 8.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.9 mi
- Skate Hut: 12.4 mi
- Powder House: 12.5 mi
- Old Spring: 18.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 22.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Pleasant Valley Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Hill | NNW 341° | 179 m | 3.1 mi |
| Long Hill | N 3° | 175 m | 6.6 mi |
| Maynard Hill | ENE 58° | 174 m | 6.1 mi |
| Cockle Hill | NNE 27° | 171 m | 7.3 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | NE 55° | 171 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bald Hill | NW 308° | 167 m | 5.0 mi |
| Ladd Hill | NE 49° | 148 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Archer | SW 223° | 136 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1209261079
Day trips start here
- Essex · 5 mi
- East Lyme · 7 mi
- Old Lyme · 7 mi
- Old Saybrook · 9 mi
- Montville · 10 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 11 mi
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