Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
4.6 mi · ▲ 513 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Jewett Preserve near North Lyme, CT. The route reaches Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach. It climbs 513 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach
4.6 mi · ▲ 513 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 33–400 ft
Out & Back · Jewett Preserve
Trailhead: 41.41117, -72.35820
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 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 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 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 1.1 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 7:10 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Jewett Preserve Viewpoint & Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach 3.9 mi · ▲ 283 ft
- Lyme Highest Point 4.9 mi · ▲ 692 ft
- Pleasant Valley Preserve Beach Loop 5.3 mi · ▲ 602 ft
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