Ravine Trail Preserve Viewpoint & Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint
3.3 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Ravine Trail Preserve Viewpoint & Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve near Hadlyme, CT. The route passes Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint and Ravine Trail Preserve Viewpoint. It climbs 259 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Ravine Trail Preserve Viewpoint & Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint
3.3 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 69–244 ft
Out & Back · Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve
Trailhead: 41.41450, -72.40845
Weather Sep 20: Rain, high 64°F / low 58° · precip 87% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Ravine Trail Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 5:51 PM for the 6:52 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Observatory Hill & Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint 2.8 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Carolie Evans overlook & Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint 4.9 mi · ▲ 488 ft
- Brockway-Hawthorne Preserve Viewpoint & Ravine Trail Preserve Viewpoint 3.3 mi · ▲ 317 ft
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