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McLean Game Refuge

McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint & McLean Game Refuge Beach

4.4 mi · ▲ 174 ft · 1 hr 33 min

McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint & McLean Game Refuge Beach is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Salmon Brook, CT. The route passes McLean Game Refuge Beach and McLean Game Refuge Beach before reaching McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 174 ft of elevation gain. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 305 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.95234, -72.80225
Nearest town Salmon Brook, CT
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McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint & McLean Game Refuge Beach

4.4 mi · ▲ 174 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 188–306 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: 41.95234, -72.80225

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  8. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miPass McLean Game Refuge Beach.
  12. 0.4 miPass McLean Game Refuge Beach.
  13. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftReach McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
  20. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  26. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  27. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  29. 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/mclean-game-refuge-beach-mclean-game-refuge-beach-out-back-7-km-8482

Trail surface

1% gravel99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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