Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint–Fifty Foot Cliff, 3 cliffs is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in UConn Forest Spring Hill Tract near Chaffeeville, CT. The route passes Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint and Fifty Foot Cliff. It climbs 475 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi262 – 518 ft · steepest grade: 26%3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hanks Hill Road 41.79167, -72.21058
Nearest town Chaffeeville, CT
Directions
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Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint–Fifty Foot Cliff, 3 cliffs
2.9 mi · ▲ 475 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 261–517 ft
Out & Back · UConn Forest Spring Hill Tract
Trailhead: Hanks Hill Road · 41.79167, -72.21058
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hanks Hill Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Fifty Foot Cliff.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear right onto Upper Beech MBT, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Hanks Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
88% dirt12% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:46 AMSunset 8:05 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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