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.
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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 Sep 20: Rain, high 61°F / low 54° · precip 75% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Transit-accessible: Innovative Partnership Building stop 403 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Water Line Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miReach Cascades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 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.
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- Transit-accessible: Innovative Partnership Building stop 403 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Hillside Environmental Education Park Viewpoint via Celeron Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Celeron Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Swamp Brook Pond & Water Line Trail Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 143 ft
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