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McLean Game Refuge

McLean Game Refuge Beach & Salmon Brook Park Beach

6.2 mi · ▲ 433 ft · 2 hr 17 min

McLean Game Refuge Beach & Salmon Brook Park Beach is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near West Granby, CT. The route passes McLean Game Refuge Beach and Salmon Brook Park Beach before reaching Salmon Brook Park Beach at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 433 ft. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 479 ft7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.95076, -72.83331
Nearest town West Granby, CT
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McLean Game Refuge Beach & Salmon Brook Park Beach

6.2 mi · ▲ 433 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Elevation 182–477 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: 41.95076, -72.83331

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 0.4 miPass McLean Game Refuge Beach.
  20. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  27. 0.5 miPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  29. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  30. 400 ftPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  32. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  34. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  35. 450 ftReach McLean Game Refuge Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  36. 450 ftBear left, heading E.
  37. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  38. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  39. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
  40. 450 ftSharp left, heading E.
  41. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  42. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  43. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  44. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  45. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  46. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  47. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  48. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  49. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  50. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  51. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  52. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  53. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  54. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  55. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  56. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  57. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  58. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  59. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  60. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  61. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  62. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  63. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  64. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  65. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  66. 50 ftArrive 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/salmon-brook-park-beach-salmon-brook-park-beach-out-back-10-km-2a87

Trail surface

14% grass86% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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