Middle Beech MBT is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Mansfield Center, CT. It climbs 284 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi220 – 489 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Route 89 41.77225, -72.19467
Nearest town Mansfield Center, CT
Directions
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Middle Beech MBT
4.1 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 219–490 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: Old Route 89 · 41.77225, -72.19467
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
- Start on Old Route 89, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Old Route 89, heading S.
- 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 surface
90% dirt9% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:46 AMSunset 8:05 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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