Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Access Trail–Maze Road, 5 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,196 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Access Trail–Maze Road, 5 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Moody Corner, MA. It climbs 1,196 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Access Trail–Maze Road, 5 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,196 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Elevation 171–700 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Pumping Station Road · 42.28585, -72.55766
Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 91% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Lynn Drive (Out) stop 504 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Maze Road, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Notch Link, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (orange), heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto North Side, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach Maze Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto North Side, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (orange), heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Notch Link, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Maze Road, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.2 mi in (~119 min). Leave by 5:48 PM for the 8:08 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Lynn Drive (Out) stop 504 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Pumping Station Road Trailhead
- Lithia Springs Road & Maze Road via Lithia Springs Trail 4 mi · ▲ 418 ft
- Maze Road & Trolley Bed Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 472 ft
- Aldrich Lake & Maze Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 552 ft
- Lithia Bypass & Thermopylae Access via Lithia Springs Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 597 ft
- Maze Road–Notch Link, 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 567 ft
- Aldrich Lake–IMBA Access, 4 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 747 ft
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