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McLean Game Refuge

Stony Hill & Salmon Brook Park Beach via Chestnut Road

3 mi · ▲ 199 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Stony Hill & Salmon Brook Park Beach via Chestnut Road is a 3-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Salmon Brook, CT. The route passes Salmon Brook Park Beach, Salmon Brook Park Beach and Stony Hill. It is mostly level, with 199 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 377 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.95234, -72.80225
Nearest town Salmon Brook, CT
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Stony Hill & Salmon Brook Park Beach via Chestnut Road

3 mi · ▲ 199 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 182–379 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: 41.95234, -72.80225

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
  7. 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
  8. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 250 ftPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.7 miPass Stony Hill.
  14. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Chestnut Road, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  25. 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/stony-hill-salmon-brook-park-beach-loop-3-beaches

Trail surface

1% gravel99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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