Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Mount Hitchcock–College Road, 5 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,469 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Mount Hitchcock–College Road, 5 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near East Hadley, MA. The route reaches Mount Hitchcock. It climbs 1,469 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Mount Hitchcock–College Road, 5 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,469 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 267–1,010 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: 42.31538, -72.55097
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 93% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Northside Road, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto RFT (Orange), heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Mount Hitchcock.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Mt. Hitchcock, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Mount Hitchcock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mt. Hitchcock, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto RFT (Orange), heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Northside Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto College Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto College Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftArrive 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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- Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lithia Springs Reservoir–College Road, 4 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 780 ft
- Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–College Road, 6 sights 4 mi · ▲ 418 ft
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