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McLean Game Refuge

Trout Pond–Salmon Brook Park Beach, 4 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Trout Pond–Salmon Brook Park Beach, 4 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near Salmon Brook, CT. The route passes Salmon Brook Park Beach, Salmon Brook Park Beach and Trout Pond. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi177 – 289 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.95234, -72.80225
Nearest town Salmon Brook, CT
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Trout Pond–Salmon Brook Park Beach, 4 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 176–288 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 left, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miPass Trout Pond.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Chestnut Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Brook Road, heading W.
  16. 1.3 miTurn left onto Pond Road, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miReach Trout Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Brook Road, heading E.
  19. 1.3 miBear right onto Chestnut Road, heading NE.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  22. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  23. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  25. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  26. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  27. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  29. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/trout-pond-spring-pond-out-back-5-lakes-7-km

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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