McLean Game Refuge Beach–Kettle Pond, 3 lakes
3.3 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 1 hr 13 min
McLean Game Refuge Beach–Kettle Pond, 3 lakes is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Firetown, CT. The route passes Spring Pond and Kettle Pond before reaching McLean Game Refuge Beach at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 250 ft. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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McLean Game Refuge Beach–Kettle Pond, 3 lakes
3.3 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 247–350 ft
Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge
Trailhead: 41.91725, -72.82723
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 61°F / low 56° · precip 65% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Esker Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miPass Spring Pond.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftPass Kettle Pond.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Valley Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach McLean Game Refuge Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Esker Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Stony Hill–Spring Pond, 4 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 471 ft
- Spring Pond & Esker Road 4 mi · ▲ 325 ft
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