Spring Pond–McLean Game Refuge Beach, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 385 ft · 2 hr
Spring Pond–McLean Game Refuge Beach, 4 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near West Granby, CT. The route passes McLean Game Refuge Beach and McLean Game Refuge Beach before reaching Spring Pond at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 385 ft. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi203 – 331 ft6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.93361, -72.83242
Nearest town West Granby, CT
Directions
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Spring Pond–McLean Game Refuge Beach, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 385 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 205–332 ft
Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge
Trailhead: 41.93361, -72.83242
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass McLean Game Refuge Beach.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftPass McLean Game Refuge Beach.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Grove Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Valley Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Brook Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Pond Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftReach Spring Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Brook Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Valley Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Grove Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 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
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