Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Access Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 700 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Access Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 700 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi328 – 518 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31356, -72.50075
Nearest town South Amherst, MA
Directions
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Access Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 700 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 328–520 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: 42.31356, -72.50075
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Access Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading E.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Access Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
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- NET/M&M Trail (white)–NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), 6 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 984 ft
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