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Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area

Middle Beech MBT

5.9 mi · ▲ 405 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Middle Beech MBT is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Chaffeeville, CT. It climbs 405 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi213 – 489 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.78580, -72.19732
Nearest town Chaffeeville, CT
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Middle Beech MBT

5.9 mi · ▲ 405 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Elevation 215–490 ft

Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area

Trailhead: 41.78580, -72.19732

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  12. 500 ftBear right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  23. 1.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  26. 500 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  27. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  29. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  30. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  31. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  34. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  35. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  36. 50 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/middle-beech-mbt-out-back-10-km-23b1

Trail surface

60% dirt40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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