Esker Road
3.5 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Esker Road is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Firetown, CT. It climbs 252 ft. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi246 – 328 ft3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.91790, -72.85201
Nearest town Firetown, CT
Directions
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Esker Road
3.5 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 247–329 ft
Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge
Trailhead: 41.91790, -72.85201
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Esker Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Esker Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Kettle Pond & Spring Pond via Esker Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 280 ft
- McLean Game Refuge Beach–Kettle Pond, 3 lakes 5.5 mi · ▲ 362 ft
- Carpenter's Falls 5.6 mi · ▲ 1,147 ft
- Diamond Ledge Cliff via Broad Hill Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,204 ft
- Holcomb Farm Viewpoint via Broad Hill Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,189 ft
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