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Middle Beech MBT is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Mansfield Center, CT. It climbs 275 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi213 – 489 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Trail 41.77877, -72.19267
Nearest town Mansfield Center, CT

Directions

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Middle Beech MBT

3.9 mi · ▲ 275 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 215–490 ft

Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area

Trailhead: Yellow Trail · 41.77877, -72.19267

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  5. 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  16. 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 surface

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 6:51 PM

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