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McLean Game Refuge

McLean Game Refuge Beach & Salmon Brook Park Beach

5.1 mi · ▲ 231 ft · 1 hr 49 min

McLean Game Refuge Beach & Salmon Brook Park Beach is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near The Gables, CT. The route passes Salmon Brook Park Beach, McLean Game Refuge Beach and McLean Game Refuge Beach. It is mostly level, with 231 ft of elevation gain. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi184 – 308 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.94879, -72.79743
Nearest town The Gables, CT
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McLean Game Refuge Beach & Salmon Brook Park Beach

5.1 mi · ▲ 231 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 184–307 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: 41.94879, -72.79743

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  10. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miPass McLean Game Refuge Beach.
  14. 0.4 miPass McLean Game Refuge Beach.
  15. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 500 ftReach McLean Game Refuge Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  21. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  24. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  29. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  32. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  33. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  34. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mclean-game-refuge-beach-mclean-game-refuge-beach-out-back-4-beaches

Trail surface

8% grass1% gravel91% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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