Valley Cotton Mill Preserve
Valley Cotton Mill Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Pond Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Stafford
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 28.8 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Pond Park: 0.3 mi
- Town Hall Park: 0.3 mi
- Furnace Hollow Square Park: 0.4 mi
- Staffordville Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Heritage Park: 2.1 mi
- Satkowski Farm Preserve: 0.4 mi
- East Street Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Orcuttville Road Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Mineral Springs Campground: 1.1 mi
- Sunset Ridge Road Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Colburn Hill: 1.6 mi
- Rockwell Hill: 2.9 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 2.9 mi
- Crow Hill: 3.0 mi
- Tupper Hill: 3.1 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 2.2 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 7.8 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 7.9 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 8.1 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 5.9 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 7.8 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 9.9 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 12.6 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 12.6 mi
- The Walking Wall: 12.6 mi
- The Arc: 12.6 mi
- Harvest Joy: 12.6 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 9.4 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- sensory garden: 10.9 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 12.4 mi
- Cascade: 3.5 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 11.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 11.8 mi
- Cascades: 12.2 mi
- Cascades: 12.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 1.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 9.2 mi
- Streeter Beach: 11.6 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 13.4 mi
- Coney Rock: 14.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 14.2 mi
- Indian Leap: 15.7 mi
- Flag Rock: 16.0 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 16.3 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.6 mi
- Rd: 23.6 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.7 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.7 mi
- Picnic: 10.6 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.1 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 16.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.8 mi
- Enfield: 23.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Valley Cotton Mill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | ENE 64° | 396 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNE 22° | 379 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bald Hill | ESE 103° | 371 m | 4.7 mi |
| Stickney Hill | E 87° | 371 m | 5.3 mi |
| Snow Hill | ESE 121° | 362 m | 4.6 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | ESE 110° | 361 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | NNE 12° | 356 m | 6.8 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | ESE 107° | 354 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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