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Shakedown Street MBT is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Mansfield Center, CT. It climbs 272 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi220 – 489 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.77539, -72.19917
Nearest town Mansfield Center, CT

Directions

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Shakedown Street MBT

3.6 mi · ▲ 272 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 219–490 ft

Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area

Trailhead: 41.77539, -72.19917

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Shakedown Street MBT, heading NE.
  4. 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
  5. 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 1.4 miSharp right onto Shakedown Street MBT, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 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 surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:46 AMSunset 8:05 PM

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