Chapin Pond via Shakedown Street MBT is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Spring Hill, CT. The route reaches Chapin Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 443 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi220 – 646 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.78830, -72.22381
Nearest town Spring Hill, CT
Directions
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Chapin Pond via Shakedown Street MBT
5.2 mi · ▲ 443 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 219–645 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.78830, -72.22381
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Transit-accessible: Spring Hill stop 85 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Shakedown Street MBT, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Fast Track MBT, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Chapin Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Shakedown Street MBT, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
73% dirt1% boardwalk26% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 78°F60°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity84%
Rained 1.2″ yesterday (3.2″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:05 PM
Wed
79°63°
Thu
90°69°
33%
Fri
93°70°
32%
Sat
92°68°
41%
Sun
93°66°
17%
Mon
93°70°
18%
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Spring Hill stop 85 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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