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Spring Pond–Trout Pond, 6 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near The Gables, CT. The route passes Salmon Brook Park Beach, Salmon Brook Park Beach, Trout Pond and Spring Pond. It is mostly level, with 197 ft of elevation gain. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi177 – 325 ft8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.94716, -72.79734
Nearest town The Gables, CT

Directions

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Spring Pond–Trout Pond, 6 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Elevation 176–326 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: 41.94716, -72.79734

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  10. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
  14. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 0.1 miPass Trout Pond.
  17. 300 ftTurn right onto Chestnut Road, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miBear left onto Brook Road, heading W.
  19. 1.3 miTurn right onto Pond Road, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftPass Spring Pond.
  21. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  22. 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
  23. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Esker Road, heading S.
  24. 0.2 miReach Spring Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 0.8 miSharp right, heading N.
  26. 450 ftBear left onto Pond Road, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left onto Brook Road, heading E.
  28. 1.3 miBear right onto Chestnut Road, heading NE.
  29. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  31. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  32. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  34. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  35. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  36. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  37. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  38. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  39. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  40. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  41. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  42. 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 surface

3% grass1% gravel96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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