Spring Pond via Esker Road
4.6 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Spring Pond via Esker Road is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Firetown, CT. The route reaches Spring Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 314 ft. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi246 – 381 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.91958, -72.85457
Nearest town Firetown, CT
Directions
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Spring Pond via Esker Road
4.6 mi · ▲ 314 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 247–381 ft
Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge
Trailhead: 41.91958, -72.85457
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Esker Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Spring Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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