Beach Brook Falls via Broad Hill Road
3.9 mi · ▲ 647 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Beach Brook Falls via Broad Hill Road is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Holcomb Farm near West Granby, CT. The route reaches Beach Brook Falls at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 647 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi302 – 899 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.94650, -72.83665
Nearest town West Granby, CT
Directions
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Beach Brook Falls via Broad Hill Road
3.9 mi · ▲ 647 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 302–900 ft
Out & Back · Holcomb Farm
Trailhead: 41.94650, -72.83665
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Broad Hill Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach Beach Brook Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
30% gravel70% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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