Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
6.1 mi · ▲ 719 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Jewett Preserve near Brockway, CT. The route reaches Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 719 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
6.1 mi · ▲ 719 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 35–407 ft
Out & Back · Jewett Preserve
Trailhead: 41.42636, -72.37194
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 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 0.3 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:15 PM — 5 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach 4.7 mi · ▲ 615 ft
- Lyme Highest Point 1.3 mi · ▲ 150 ft
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