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Mansfield Hollow State Park

Mansfield Hollow Lake & Echo Lake via Flood Levee Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 50 min

Mansfield Hollow Lake & Echo Lake via Flood Levee Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow State Park near Mansfield Hollow, CT. The route passes Mansfield Hollow Lake before reaching Echo Lake at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 59 ft of elevation gain. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 282 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.76287, -72.17564
Nearest town Mansfield Hollow, CT
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Mansfield Hollow Lake & Echo Lake via Flood Levee Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 59 ft · 50 min

Elevation 227–283 ft

Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow State Park

Trailhead: 41.76287, -72.17564

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Mansfield Hollow Lake.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 300 ftTurn right onto Flood Levee Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 250 ftPass Echo Lake.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 300 ftReach Mansfield Hollow Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/echo-lake-echo-lake-out-back-6-km-4e58

Trail surface

44% dirt6% paved4% gravel46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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