Ridge Viewpoint–McLean Game Refuge Beach, 4 beaches
3.1 mi · ▲ 368 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Ridge Viewpoint–McLean Game Refuge Beach, 4 beaches is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Firetown, CT. The route passes Kettle Pond, Kettle Pond and Ridge Viewpoint before reaching McLean Game Refuge Beach at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 368 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Ridge Viewpoint–McLean Game Refuge Beach, 4 beaches
3.1 mi · ▲ 368 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 266–492 ft
Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge
Trailhead: 41.92764, -72.82143
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Kettle Pond.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Kettle Pond.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Valley Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Ridge Road, heading N.
- 300 ftPass Ridge Viewpoint.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Grove Road, heading NE.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Chestnut Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass McLean Game Refuge Beach.
- 250 ftReach Ridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Grove Road, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right onto Ridge Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Valley Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Kettle Pond–Spring Pond, 3 lakes 2.3 mi · ▲ 86 ft
- Eastern Barndoor Hill–Ridge Viewpoint, 9 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Ridge Viewpoint–McLean Game Refuge Beach, 4 beaches 5.4 mi · ▲ 549 ft
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