Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Eaton Pond & Barrows Pond via Middle Beech MBT
7.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Eaton Pond & Barrows Pond via Middle Beech MBT is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Chaffeeville, CT. The route passes Eaton Pond before reaching Barrows Pond at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 371 ft. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Eaton Pond & Barrows Pond via Middle Beech MBT
7.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 215–413 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.78580, -72.19732
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 62°F / low 55° · precip 77% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 500 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 450 ftPass Eaton Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Barrows Pond.
- 0.1 miReach Eaton Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Middle Beech MBT 5.2 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Middle Beech MBT 4.6 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Middle Beech MBT 4.6 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Old Route 89 3.2 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Lower Beech MBT 6.6 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Bicentennial Pond–Eaton Pond, 3 lakes 7.8 mi · ▲ 431 ft
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