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 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi213 – 489 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.7 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 Sep 20: Rain, high 62°F / low 56° · precip 77% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:51 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.
- 200 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 SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 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
85% dirt15% unspecified
Weather
RainTemperature 62°F56°
Precip77%Wind2 mphUV0Humidity97%
Rained 1.4″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50°
Sunrise 6:35 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:51 PM
Mon
67°57°
33%
Tue
63°48°
20%
Wed
64°48°
Thu
65°46°
Fri
62°50°
32%
Sat
59°53°
33%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Yellow Trail
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Yellow Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Yellow Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Yellow Trail
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