Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 3 lakes
7.8 mi · ▲ 431 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 3 lakes is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Chaffeeville, CT. The route passes Eaton Pond, Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach, Bicentennial Pond and Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach. It climbs 431 ft. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 3 lakes
7.8 mi · ▲ 431 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Elevation 215–522 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.78392, -72.19748
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 62°F / low 55° · precip 77% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Eaton Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach.
- 0.3 miPass Bicentennial Pond.
- 50 ftPass Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach Bicentennial Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 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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- Lower Beech MBT 6.6 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Middle Beech MBT 5.9 mi · ▲ 405 ft
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