Rod's Valley Park Preserve
Rod's Valley Park Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Oswegatchie Hill stands 77 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Edward V. Ecker Sr. County Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Peconic Land Trust
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 27.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Edward V. Ecker Sr. County Park: 0.2 mi
- Montauk Mountain Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Rheinstein Estate Park: 3.1 mi
- Amsterdam Beach Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Montauk County Park: 4.1 mi
- Fort Pond Bay Park: 0.7 mi
- Lee Koppelman Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Fort Pond Fishing Access: 1.7 mi
- Henry Hank Zebrowski Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Montauk Downs State Park: 2.1 mi
- Hither Hills: 1.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.6 mi
- Whale Hill: 7.0 mi
- Powder Hill: 13.6 mi
- Mount Prospect: 14.8 mi
- Montauk County Park RV Campground: 3.3 mi
- Iodine Beach: 3.8 mi
- Montauk County Park RV Campground: 3.8 mi
- Napeague Beach: 5.0 mi
- Gerard Drive Beach: 8.4 mi
- Stephen Talkhouse Commemorative Plaque: 2.0 mi
- Montauk Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
- USS Montauk: 6.6 mi
- Amistad Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Montauk Point Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
- Montauk Lighthouse Museum: 6.6 mi
- Amagansett U.S. Life-Saving & Coast Guard Station: 9.1 mi
- Pollock-Krasner House: 9.3 mi
- Historical Farm Museum: 11.7 mi
- LongHouse Reserve: 12.3 mi
- Rock Garden: 19.2 mi
- East Garden: 19.2 mi
- West Garden: 19.3 mi
- Cutting Garden: 19.3 mi
- Sensory Garden: 19.6 mi
- Lost At Sea: 6.7 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 17.1 mi
- Ninigret Statue: 19.6 mi
- Big Bird: 21.4 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 21.6 mi
- Amsterdam Beach Trail: 4.3 mi
- Slaves Burying Ground: 17.5 mi
- Parking: 17.6 mi
- Watch Hill Carousel: 19.5 mi
- watchtower: 20.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 19.1 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 19.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 19.1 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 19.1 mi
- Southeast Lighthouse: 23.5 mi
- Acabonack Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Crow Head: 9.3 mi
- Hedges Bank: 12.8 mi
- Ram Head: 15.7 mi
- Jumping-off Hill: 18.3 mi
- Cascade: 21.6 mi
- Cascade: 21.7 mi
- Powder House: 22.4 mi
- Skate Hut: 22.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Rod's Valley Park Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oswegatchie Hill | NNW 332° | 77 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Tabor | NNW 332° | 74 m | 24.3 mi |
| Fort Hill | N 355° | 69 m | 21.2 mi |
| Bailey Hill | NNW 347° | 67 m | 24.0 mi |
| Quoketaug Hill | N 4° | 66 m | 24.3 mi |
| Hinkley Hill | NNE 16° | 65 m | 24.3 mi |
| Pequot Hill | N 0° | 63 m | 22.2 mi |
| Manitock Hill | NNW 338° | 63 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:43 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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 | 34 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montauk AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/965275262
Day trips start here
- Watch Hill · 20 mi
- Groton · 21 mi
- Mystic · 22 mi
- Block Island · 23 mi
- New London · 23 mi
- Stonington · 23 mi
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