Trout Pond–McLean Game Refuge Beach, 4 beaches is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near West Granby, CT. The route passes McLean Game Refuge Beach, Salmon Brook Park Beach and Trout Pond. It climbs 535 ft. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi177 – 479 ft6.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.94700, -72.83438
Nearest town West Granby, CT
Directions
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Trout Pond–McLean Game Refuge Beach, 4 beaches
5.8 mi · ▲ 535 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 176–477 ft
Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge
Trailhead: 41.94700, -72.83438
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass McLean Game Refuge Beach.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Chestnut Road, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
- 50 ftPass Trout Pond.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Trout Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 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
13% grass87% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Holcomb Farm Viewpoint 1.1 mi · ▲ 240 ft
- McLean Game Refuge Viewpoint & McLean Game Refuge Beach 2.5 mi · ▲ 356 ft
- Broad Hill Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 347 ft
- Beach Brook Falls via Broad Hill Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 647 ft
- Eastern Barndoor Hill–Ridge Viewpoint, 4 beaches 5.1 mi · ▲ 693 ft
- Spring Pond–McLean Game Refuge Beach, 4 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 650 ft
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