Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint–Fifty Foot Cliff, 5 lakes is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow State Park near Gurleyville, CT. The route passes Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint, Fifty Foot Cliff, Eaton Pond and 3 more. It climbs 684 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi233 – 541 ft · steepest grade: 23%7.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.80953, -72.21863
Nearest town Gurleyville, CT
Directions
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Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint–Fifty Foot Cliff, 5 lakes
7.3 mi · ▲ 684 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 235–543 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow State Park
Trailhead: 41.80953, -72.21863
Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 62°F / low 55° · precip 75% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftPass Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Fifty Foot Cliff.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Eaton Pond.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach.
- 0.3 miPass Bicentennial Pond.
- 50 ftPass Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
42% dirt4% paved54% unspecified
Weather
Light rainTemperature 62°F55°
Precip75%Wind3 mphUV0Humidity97%
Rained 0.9″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50°
Sunrise 6:35 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:52 PM
Mon
67°56°
33%
Tue
60°48°
20%
Wed
64°48°
Thu
65°46°
Fri
62°50°
32%
Sat
59°53°
32%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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