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.
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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 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 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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