AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

McLean Game Refuge

Broad Hill Road

4.2 mi · ▲ 471 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Broad Hill Road is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Hampsted, CT. It climbs 471 ft. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi594 – 1,083 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.94517, -72.88715
Nearest town Hampsted, CT
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Broad Hill Road

4.2 mi · ▲ 471 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 594–1,084 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: 41.94517, -72.88715

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Broad Hill Road, heading E.
  5. 0.6 miReach Broad Hill Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  9. 0.7 miArrive 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/broad-hill-road-out-back-7-km-98a5

Trail surface

28% gravel72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:47 PM for the 8:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM — 14 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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