AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

McLean Game Refuge

Spring Pond & Esker Road

4 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Spring Pond & Esker Road is a 4-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Firetown, CT. The route reaches Spring Pond. It climbs 325 ft. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 325 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.91725, -72.82723
Nearest town Firetown, CT
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Spring Pond & Esker Road

4 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 218–326 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: 41.91725, -72.82723

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left onto Esker Road, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miReach Spring Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miPass Spring Pond.
  6. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 2.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  11. 250 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/spring-pond-loop

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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