Lyme Highest Point & Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach Loop
6.1 mi · ▲ 698 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Lyme Highest Point & Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach Loop is a 6.1-mile loop in Jewett Preserve near North Lyme, CT. The route passes Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach and Lyme Highest Point. It climbs 698 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Lyme Highest Point & Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach Loop
6.1 mi · ▲ 698 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Elevation 33–468 ft
Loop · Jewett Preserve
Trailhead: 41.41305, -72.33986
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Lyme Highest Point.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~84 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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