Valley View Drive Open Space
Valley View Drive Open Space is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Snow Hill stands 362 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Crystal Lake Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Tolland
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Named places within 25 miles
- Crystal Lake Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Alden Circle Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Pepperwood Drive Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Josephine Way Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Kent South Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Reed Hill: 1.4 mi
- Paulk Hill: 1.6 mi
- Fox Hill: 1.9 mi
- Sugar Hill: 2.8 mi
- Grant Hill: 3.5 mi
- Ronald E. Blake: 1.9 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 6.6 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Frank Lombardi Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Henry Park: 2.0 mi
- Central Park: 2.1 mi
- Talcott Park: 2.1 mi
- West Main Street Park: 2.3 mi
- North Cemetery: 2.4 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 2.1 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 2.1 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 2.1 mi
- Vernon Historical Society Museum: 3.4 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 7.4 mi
- Sorry Rock: 6.1 mi
- The Walking Wall: 8.8 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 8.8 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 8.9 mi
- Jonathan the Husky Statue: 8.9 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 2.0 mi
- sensory garden: 2.0 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 8.7 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 8.7 mi
- filled-in well: 3.0 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 10.4 mi
- The Dreamyard: 10.8 mi
- Wolf Rock: 12.4 mi
- Hay Tedder: 12.8 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 1.8 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 5.0 mi
- Cascades: 7.4 mi
- Cascades: 7.4 mi
- Cascade: 8.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 5.6 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 11.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 12.4 mi
- Crow Point: 15.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 5.7 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 11.9 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 13.7 mi
- Babbs Beach: 21.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.1 mi
- Picnic: 19.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 9.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 20.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Valley View Drive Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Hill | ENE 59° | 362 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | NE 49° | 354 m | 11.9 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | NNE 16° | 332 m | 9.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | N 0° | 323 m | 11.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 359° | 322 m | 8.8 mi |
| Soapstone Mountain | N 358° | 315 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 2° | 303 m | 11.9 mi |
| Perkins Mountain | N 359° | 298 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1389911235
Day trips start here
- Tolland · 2 mi
- East Windsor · 8 mi
- Somers · 9 mi
- Storrs · 9 mi
- Hampden · 14 mi
- Willimantic · 14 mi
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