Young Preserve Viewpoint
3.6 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Young Preserve Viewpoint is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Hartman Park near Crowley Corner, CT. The route reaches Young Preserve Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Young Preserve Viewpoint
3.6 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 186–307 ft
Out & Back · Hartman Park
Trailhead: 41.43756, -72.29066
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Young Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 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 1.3 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 7:12 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Beech Hill 1.3 mi · ▲ 66 ft
- tri-town marker 2.3 mi · ▲ 226 ft
- Darling Pond 2.8 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Young Preserve Viewpoint 3.2 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- Nehantic State Forest Viewpoint 4.5 mi · ▲ 543 ft
- Nehantic State Forest Viewpoint 4.7 mi · ▲ 541 ft
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