Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Access Trail & North Side

5.1 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Access Trail & North Side is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 692 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi243 – 502 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Access Trail & North Side

5.1 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Elevation 242–503 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 SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow blaze, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Amherst Conservation, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftTurn right onto North Side, heading S.
  8. 1.1 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.5 miReach North Side, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miSharp left onto North Side, heading W.
  11. 1.1 miTurn left onto Amherst Conservation, heading NE.
  12. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow blaze, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

21% dirt79% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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