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McLean Game Refuge

Beach Brook Falls & Broad Hill Road

3.2 mi · ▲ 580 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Beach Brook Falls & Broad Hill Road is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near West Granby, CT. The route reaches Beach Brook Falls at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 580 ft. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi400 – 899 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Broad Hill Road 41.95223, -72.84441
Nearest town West Granby, CT
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Beach Brook Falls & Broad Hill Road

3.2 mi · ▲ 580 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 399–900 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: Broad Hill Road · 41.95223, -72.84441

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Broad Hill Road, heading SW.
  2. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
  6. 300 ftReach Beach Brook Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 250 ftSharp right, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beach-brook-falls-out-back-5-km-d28c

Trail surface

56% gravel44% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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