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Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area

Chapin Pond via Shakedown Street MBT

2.2 mi · ▲ 62 ft · 46 min

Chapin Pond via Shakedown Street MBT is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Chaffeeville, CT. The route reaches Chapin Pond. It is mostly level, with 62 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi220 – 279 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.78153, -72.20549
Nearest town Chaffeeville, CT
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Chapin Pond via Shakedown Street MBT

2.2 mi · ▲ 62 ft · 46 min

Elevation 219–280 ft

Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area

Trailhead: 41.78153, -72.20549

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miSharp right onto Shakedown Street MBT, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 150 ftPass Chapin Pond.
  8. 100 ftTurn left onto Fast Track MBT, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miReach Chapin Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Shakedown Street MBT, heading N.
  14. 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
  15. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  16. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  17. 50 ftArrive 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/chapin-pond-chapin-pond-out-back-4-km-e5f8

Trail surface

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:50 PM

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