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Fifty-Foot Cliff Preserve

Middle Beech MBT

2.8 mi · ▲ 381 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Middle Beech MBT is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Fifty-Foot Cliff Preserve near Spring Hill, CT. It climbs 381 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 646 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.78830, -72.22381
Nearest town Spring Hill, CT
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Middle Beech MBT

2.8 mi · ▲ 381 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 225–645 ft

Out & Back · Fifty-Foot Cliff Preserve

Trailhead: 41.78830, -72.22381

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Transit-accessible: Spring Hill stop 85 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 200 ftBear right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 0.6 miArrive 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/middle-beech-mbt-out-back-5-km-7bf5

Trail surface

60% dirt1% boardwalk39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:52 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Spring Hill stop 85 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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