UConn Forest Spring Hill Tract
Eaton Pond & Slash Dash MBT
2.3 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 51 min
Eaton Pond & Slash Dash MBT is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in UConn Forest Spring Hill Tract near Chaffeeville, CT. The route reaches Eaton Pond at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Eaton Pond & Slash Dash MBT
2.3 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 51 min
Elevation 231–391 ft
Out & Back · UConn Forest Spring Hill Tract
Trailhead: Old Chaffeeville Road · 41.79246, -72.20991
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Chaffeeville Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Middle Beech MBT, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Slash Dash MBT, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto La Vuelta Switchback MBT, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Eaton Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Slash Dash MBT, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Old Chaffeeville Road, heading N.
- 0.2 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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