Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
5.6 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Jewett Preserve near North Lyme, CT. The route reaches Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach. It climbs 559 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
5.6 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 31–376 ft
Out & Back · Jewett Preserve
Trailhead: 41.40899, -72.35410
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miPass Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftReach Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive 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 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:40 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM — 12 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Jewett Preserve Viewpoint 3.8 mi · ▲ 282 ft
- Lyme Highest Point 4.2 mi · ▲ 515 ft
- Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach 4.3 mi · ▲ 365 ft
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