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McLean Game Refuge

Spring Pond–Esker Road, 3 sights

2.2 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 51 min

Spring Pond–Esker Road, 3 sights is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Firetown, CT. The route reaches Spring Pond. It is mostly level, with 227 ft of elevation gain. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi213 – 318 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.92077, -72.82624
Nearest town Firetown, CT
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Spring Pond–Esker Road, 3 sights

2.2 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 51 min

Elevation 213–318 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: 41.92077, -72.82624

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.8 miPass Spring Pond.
  3. 100 ftSharp right, heading E.
  4. 500 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  5. 100 ftBear right onto Pond Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miReach Spring Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Esker Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 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-b44f

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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