Hillside Environmental Education Park
Cascades–Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Cascades–Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Hillside Environmental Education Park near Mansfield Four Corners, CT. The route passes Cascades before reaching Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 335 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cascades–Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 335 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 435–664 ft
Out & Back · Hillside Environmental Education Park
Trailhead: 41.81206, -72.28324
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Transit-accessible: Hunting Lodge Inbound stop 538 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Cascades.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Water Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Celeron Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint.
- 100 ftReach Cascades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Water Line Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miArrive 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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- Transit-accessible: Hunting Lodge Inbound stop 538 m from the trailhead
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