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McLean Game Refuge

Northgate Falls & Spring Pond via Esker Road

5 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Northgate Falls & Spring Pond via Esker Road is a 5-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Chatsworth Village, CT. The route passes Spring Pond before reaching Northgate Falls at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 401 ft. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 328 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pond Road 41.92458, -72.80759
Nearest town Chatsworth Village, CT
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Northgate Falls & Spring Pond via Esker Road

5 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 218–329 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: Pond Road · 41.92458, -72.80759

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miPass Spring Pond.
  3. 100 ftTurn left onto Esker Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  10. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 150 ftReach Northgate Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  15. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miArrive 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/northgate-falls-spring-pond-out-back-3-lakes-7-km

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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