Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area

Yellow Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Yellow Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area near Mansfield Center, CT. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi213 – 282 ft3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow Trail 41.77890, -72.19013
Nearest town Mansfield Center, CT

Directions

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Yellow Trail

3.5 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Elevation 215–282 ft

Out & Back · Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation Area

Trailhead: Yellow Trail · 41.77890, -72.19013

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  7. 1.4 miTurn right onto Middle Beech MBT, heading W.
  8. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 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

83% dirt17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:50 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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