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Selden Creek Preserve

Carolie Evans overlook & Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint

4.9 mi · ▲ 488 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Carolie Evans overlook & Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Selden Creek Preserve near Hadlyme, CT. The route passes Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint and Carolie Evans overlook. It climbs 488 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi13 – 253 ft · steepest grade: 15%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.41450, -72.40845
Nearest town Hadlyme, CT
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Carolie Evans overlook & Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint

4.9 mi · ▲ 488 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 14–251 ft

Out & Back · Selden Creek Preserve

Trailhead: 41.41450, -72.40845

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miPass Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint.
  4. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miReach Carolie Evans overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/carolie-evans-overlook-brockway-hawthorne-preserve-viewpoint-out-back

Weather

OvercastTemperature 80°F63°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity81%
Rained 1.1″ yesterday (1.9″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:05 PM
Wed 79°64°
Thu 91°71°
Fri 94°72° 24%
Sat 92°71° 30%
Sun 94°69° 17%
Mon 95°72°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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