Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Eaton Pond via Middle Beech MBT
4.5 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Eaton Pond via Middle Beech MBT is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Mansfield Center, CT. The route reaches Eaton Pond at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 203 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Eaton Pond via Middle Beech MBT
4.5 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 217–385 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.77452, -72.19119
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 80°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Eaton Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Mansfield Hollow Lake & Flood Levee Trail Loop 1.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Echo Lake via Flood Levee Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Middle Beech MBT 3.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Middle Beech MBT 3.4 mi · ▲ 88 ft
- Pipeline MBT 3.4 mi · ▲ 113 ft
- Middle Beech MBT 3.9 mi · ▲ 236 ft
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