Yellow Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Mansfield Center, CT. It climbs 263 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 mi213 – 489 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow Trail 41.77890, -72.19013
Nearest town Mansfield Center, CT
Directions
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Yellow Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 263 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 215–490 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: Yellow Trail · 41.77890, -72.19013
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:06 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 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
86% dirt14% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 81°F63°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV7Humidity84%
Rained 1.6″ yesterday (3.9″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:45 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:06 PM
Wed
80°63°
Thu
87°69°
31%
Fri
94°71°
31%
Sat
92°70°
41%
Sun
93°70°
17%
Mon
93°71°
18%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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