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McLean Game Refuge

Pine Cone & McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint via Broad Hill Road

5.2 mi · ▲ 813 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Pine Cone & McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint via Broad Hill Road is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near West Granby, CT. The route passes Pine Cone before reaching McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 813 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi289 – 1,089 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.94069, -72.83444
Nearest town West Granby, CT
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Pine Cone & McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint via Broad Hill Road

5.2 mi · ▲ 813 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 289–1,091 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: 41.94069, -72.83444

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  5. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  8. 200 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Broad Hill Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  13. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  15. 0.4 miPass McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint.
  16. 200 ftReach Pine Cone, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  19. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  23. 100 ftSharp right, heading E.
  24. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  25. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  28. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pine-cone-out-back-8-km-759b

Trail surface

22% gravel78% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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