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McLean Game Refuge

Kettle Pond & Spring Pond via Esker Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Kettle Pond & Spring Pond via Esker Road is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Firetown, CT. The route passes Spring Pond before reaching Kettle Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 280 ft. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi246 – 328 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.91790, -72.85201
Nearest town Firetown, CT
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Kettle Pond & Spring Pond via Esker Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 280 ft · 1 hr 42 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Esker Road, heading E.
  8. 0.7 miPass Spring Pond.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  10. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftReach Kettle Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
  14. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  18. 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
  19. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/kettle-pond-spring-pond-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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