Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
4.7 mi · ▲ 615 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Johnston Preserve near Brockway, CT. The route reaches Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 615 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
4.7 mi · ▲ 615 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 42–407 ft
Out & Back · Johnston Preserve
Trailhead: 41.42636, -72.37194
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Dogs allowed · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 350 ftArrive 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 0.3 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:15 PM — 5 min before dark.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach 6.1 mi · ▲ 719 ft
- Lyme Highest Point 1.3 mi · ▲ 150 ft
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