Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Access Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 844 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Access Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 844 ft. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi253 – 518 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31738, -72.49686
Nearest town South Amherst, MA

Directions

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Access Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 844 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 254–520 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.31738, -72.49686

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Access Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 1.3 miBear left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading E.
  13. 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 1.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  17. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 250 ftBear right onto Access Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  24. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  25. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

100% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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