Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint–Fifty Foot Cliff, 5 lakes is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in UConn Forest Spring Hill Tract near Spring Hill, CT. The route passes Bicentennial Pond, Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach, Eaton Pond and Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint before reaching Fifty Foot Cliff at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 384 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi312 – 515 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.77803, -72.22588
Nearest town Spring Hill, CT
Directions
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Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint–Fifty Foot Cliff, 5 lakes
3.8 mi · ▲ 384 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 312–517 ft
Out & Back · UConn Forest Spring Hill Tract
Trailhead: 41.77803, -72.22588
Weather Sep 21: Light rain, high 61°F / low 55° · precip 77% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Bicentennial Pond.
- 50 ftPass Schoolhouse Brook Park Beach.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pine Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Eaton Pond.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Upper Beech MBT, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Fifty Foot Cliff.
- 150 ftReach Upper Beech MBT Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pine Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
51% dirt49% unspecified
Weather
Light rainTemperature 61°F55°
Precip77%Wind3 mphUV0Humidity97%
Rained 1.1″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50°
Sunrise 6:35 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:52 PM
Mon
66°55°
31%
Tue
59°47°
20%
Wed
63°47°
Thu
64°45°
Fri
61°49°
32%
Sat
58°52°
32%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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