Pine Cone & McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint via Broad Hill Road
11 mi · ▲ 2,139 ft · 4 hr 44 min
Pine Cone & McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint via Broad Hill Road is an 11-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near North Canton, CT. The route passes Pine Cone before reaching McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It climbs 2,139 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Pine Cone & McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint via Broad Hill Road
11 mi · ▲ 2,139 ft · 4 hr 44 min
Elevation 403–1,091 ft
Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge
Trailhead: 41.90725, -72.87080
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 2.7 miTurn left onto Broad Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint.
- 350 ftReach Pine Cone, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 2.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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