McLean Game Refuge

Westledge Trail Cascades & Broad Hill Road

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,294 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Westledge Trail Cascades & Broad Hill Road is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near West Granby, CT. The route reaches Westledge Trail Cascades at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 1,294 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi400 – 866 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Broad Hill Road 41.95223, -72.84441
Nearest town West Granby, CT

Directions

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Westledge Trail Cascades & Broad Hill Road

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,294 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Elevation 399–867 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: Broad Hill Road · 41.95223, -72.84441

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:49 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Broad Hill Road, heading SW.
  2. 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 2.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftReach Westledge Trail Cascades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 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

19% gravel81% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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