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Hillside Environmental Education Park

Cascades & Water Line Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Cascades & Water Line Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Hillside Environmental Education Park near Mansfield Four Corners, CT. The route reaches Cascades at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi436 – 676 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82199, -72.26601
Nearest town Mansfield Four Corners, CT
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Cascades & Water Line Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 435–676 ft

Out & Back · Hillside Environmental Education Park

Trailhead: 41.82199, -72.26601

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

Transit-accessible: Innovative Partnership Building stop 403 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 350 ftSharp right onto Water Line Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miReach Cascades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.7 miSharp left, heading E.
  9. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cascades-cascades-out-back-4-km-29b5

Trail surface

39% gravel17% paved44% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:47 AMSunset 8:05 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Innovative Partnership Building stop 403 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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