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McLean Game Refuge

Carpenter's Falls & Broad Hill Road

1.8 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 39 min

Carpenter's Falls & Broad Hill Road is a 1.8-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near West Granby, CT. The route reaches Carpenter's Falls at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 86 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi512 – 623 ft1.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Broad Hill Road 41.95453, -72.86267
Nearest town West Granby, CT
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Carpenter's Falls & Broad Hill Road

1.8 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 39 min

Elevation 512–624 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: Broad Hill Road · 41.95453, -72.86267

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Broad Hill Road, heading S.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 250 ftReach Carpenter's Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.9 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/carpenters-falls-out-back-3-km-be8a

Trail surface

94% gravel6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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