Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Chapin Pond
3.2 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Chapin Pond is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Chaffeeville, CT. The route reaches Chapin Pond at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 29 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Chapin Pond
3.2 mi · ▲ 29 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 219–278 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.78912, -72.20951
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 62°F / low 56° · precip 75% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftReach Chapin Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 1.3 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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Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Old Chaffeeville Road 4.1 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Old Route 89 3.5 mi · ▲ 32 ft
- Old Chaffeeville Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Chapin Pond via Shakedown Street MBT 3 mi · ▲ 34 ft
- Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 3 lakes 3.9 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- Lower Beech MBT 2.1 mi · ▲ 113 ft
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