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Yosemite Valley Preserve

Yosemite Valley Preserve from directly overhead

Yosemite Valley Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Jerimoth Hill stands 256 m to the southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 6.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Wyndham Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.88165, -71.83503

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Pineville Mill: 1.2 mi
  • Six Toes trail marker: 5.2 mi
  • Wolf Den Plaque: 8.2 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 8.8 mi
  • World War II Veterans Memorial: 8.8 mi
Parks
  • East Killingly Soccer Field: 2.5 mi
  • Owen Bell Park: 3.4 mi
  • Putnam Civil War Veterans Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Letters Street Green: 4.3 mi
  • John F. Simonzi, Sr. Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
Artworks
  • Motion: 17.9 mi
  • Statue of Hachikō: 18.6 mi
  • Graffiti Mural: 19.7 mi
  • Veritas Eternaliter Juvenis (truth is eternally young): 20.7 mi
  • McGlynn Sculpture Court: 20.9 mi
Attractions: 54
Museums: 49
Gardens: 22
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Manton Bend Community Garden: 20.4 mi
  • Small House Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 19
Waterfalls: 17
  • Cargill Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 13.1 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 14
Rest areas: 7
  • Thirsty Beaver: 15.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 20.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic: 15.9 mi
  • Site #36: 20.5 mi
  • Little Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Big Beach: 22.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Yosemite Valley Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jerimoth HillSE 128°256 m3.6 mi
Durfee HillE 82°244 m4.8 mi
Whites HillE 95°240 m3.1 mi
Pine HillE 91°235 m3.9 mi
Prospect HillW 276°229 m6.3 mi
Hamlet HillW 274°226 m7.8 mi
Benson MountainNNE 15°226 m7.9 mi
Mount HygeiaESE 118°224 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1319:4420:27
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:1215:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936475766716962514132
Precip in4.53.95.24.73.84.53.64.54.45.04.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Foster 1 E, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/965275494

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