Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Middle Beech MBT
4.6 mi · ▲ 172 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Middle Beech MBT is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Chaffeeville, CT. It is mostly level, with 172 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Middle Beech MBT
4.6 mi · ▲ 172 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 215–282 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.78392, -72.19748
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Old Route 89 2.5 mi · ▲ 173 ft
- Old Route 89 2.5 mi · ▲ 173 ft
- Chapin Pond 2.9 mi · ▲ 150 ft
- Old Route 89 3.2 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Middle Beech MBT 4.6 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Pipeline MBT 4.6 mi · ▲ 199 ft
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