Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Mansfield Hollow Lake–Bicentennial Pond, 6 lakes
6.8 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Mansfield Hollow Lake–Bicentennial Pond, 6 lakes is a 6.8-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 Mansfield Hollow Lake at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 288 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mansfield Hollow Lake–Bicentennial Pond, 6 lakes
6.8 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Elevation 214–517 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.77803, -72.22588
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 61°F / low 55° · precip 77% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 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 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Old Route 89, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Mansfield Hollow Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1 miBear left onto Pipeline MBT, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.6 mi · loop · via Flood Levee Trail
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Yellow Trail
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Sunset Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Flood Levee Trail
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Flood Control Levee Trail
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Flood Control Levee Trail
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Flood Levee Trail
- 5.4 mi · out & back · via Yellow Trail
More from this trailhead
- Bicentennial Pond–Chapin Pond, 5 lakes 6.3 mi · ▲ 308 ft
- Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint–Fifty Foot Cliff, 5 lakes 3.8 mi · ▲ 384 ft
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