Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Bicentennial Pond–Chapin Pond, 5 lakes
6.3 mi · ▲ 308 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Bicentennial Pond–Chapin Pond, 5 lakes is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Spring Hill, CT. The route passes Bicentennial Pond, Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach and Eaton Pond before reaching Chapin Pond at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It climbs 308 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bicentennial Pond–Chapin Pond, 5 lakes
6.3 mi · ▲ 308 ft · 2 hr 15 min
Elevation 219–517 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.77803, -72.22588
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 78°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Bicentennial Pond.
- 50 ftPass Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Eaton Pond.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Middle Beech MBT, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pipeline MBT, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 1 miSharp right onto Shakedown Street MBT, heading E.
- 450 ftPass Chapin Pond.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Bicentennial Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 1 miBear left onto Pipeline MBT, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint–Fifty Foot Cliff, 5 lakes 3.8 mi · ▲ 384 ft
- Mansfield Hollow Lake–Bicentennial Pond, 6 lakes 6.8 mi · ▲ 288 ft
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