Jewett Preserve Viewpoint & Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
6.2 mi · ▲ 601 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Jewett Preserve Viewpoint & Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Pleasant Valley Preserve near North Lyme, CT. The route passes Jewett Preserve Viewpoint and Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach. It climbs 601 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Jewett Preserve Viewpoint & Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
6.2 mi · ▲ 601 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Elevation 31–400 ft
Out & Back · Pleasant Valley Preserve
Trailhead: 41.40904, -72.34999
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Jewett Preserve Viewpoint.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftReach Jewett Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:31 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM — 3 min before dark.
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