Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 4 lakes
6 mi · ▲ 353 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 4 lakes is a 6-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Mansfield Center, CT. The route passes Eaton Pond, Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach and Bicentennial Pond before reaching Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 353 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 4 lakes
6 mi · ▲ 353 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 217–517 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 miBear left onto Pipeline MBT, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Eaton Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach.
- 0.3 miPass Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Bicentennial Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Middle Beech MBT, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Pipeline MBT, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 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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