Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
4.3 mi · ▲ 365 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Jewett Preserve near North Lyme, CT. The route reaches Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 365 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
4.3 mi · ▲ 365 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 35–376 ft
Out & Back · Jewett Preserve
Trailhead: 41.40899, -72.35410
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 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 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 left, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 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 (~6 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:14 PM — 6 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Lyme Highest Point 4.2 mi · ▲ 515 ft
- Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach 5.6 mi · ▲ 559 ft
- Jewett Preserve Viewpoint 3.8 mi · ▲ 282 ft
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