Middle Beech MBT is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Mansfield Center, CT. It climbs 330 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi217 – 489 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.77452, -72.19119
Nearest town Mansfield Center, CT
Directions
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Middle Beech MBT
4.1 mi · ▲ 330 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 217–490 ft
Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Trailhead: 41.77452, -72.19119
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 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
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:46 AMSunset 8:05 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Mansfield Hollow Lake & Flood Levee Trail Loop 1.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Echo Lake via Flood Levee Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- Middle Beech MBT 3.2 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Middle Beech MBT 3.4 mi · ▲ 88 ft
- Pipeline MBT 3.4 mi · ▲ 113 ft
- Middle Beech MBT 3.9 mi · ▲ 236 ft
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