Westledge Trail Cascades
Hartford County, Connecticut
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Hartford County, Connecticut
- Access status
- Older waterfall spur conflicts with current off-trail rule
- The walk
- Older guide: 0.25 mile one way
- Ground & access
- Older account describes a rough side path; do not leave authorized trails.
New England Waterfalls identifies these exact cascades beside the pink-blazed Westledge Trail in McLean Game Refuge. Its approach leaves the trail for a rough spur. Current refuge rules prohibit hiking off trail, so that older approach is not presented as authorized access.
Plan your visit
Westledge Trail cascades: off-trail access not confirmed
Only the stated source distance is supported; mapped proximity is not a walking distance.
Older account describes a rough side path; do not leave authorized trails.
Where to start
The older guide identifies the Eddy Loop parking area on Firetown Road. A permitted current route from that lot to the falls has not been established.
Timing & water
Refuge hours sunrise to sunset.
Before you go
Unknown: current fees or reservation requirements were not established in the reviewed source.
Visitor informationMore waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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