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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Notch Link & Other Swamp Trail via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)

7.2 mi · ▲ 1,191 ft · 3 hr

Notch Link & Other Swamp Trail via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Dwight, MA. It climbs 1,191 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi256 – 794 ft · steepest grade: 23%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31461, -72.47792
Nearest town Dwight, MA
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Notch Link & Other Swamp Trail via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)

7.2 mi · ▲ 1,191 ft · 3 hr

Elevation 256–795 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.31461, -72.47792

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 60° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NW.
  6. 0.8 miSharp left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.9 miBear left, heading W.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Notch Link, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miBear right onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading NW.
  11. 300 ftReach Other Swamp Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 300 ftBear left onto Notch Link, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftBear right onto South Side Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.9 miTurn right onto Other Swamp Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miSharp right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
  17. 0.8 miSharp left, heading NE.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/aldrich-lake-out-back-12-km-09e3

Trail surface

58% dirt42% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F60°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity83%
Rained 1.7″ yesterday (4.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:46 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:07 PM
Wed 81°62°
Thu 89°69° 54%
Fri 94°70° 40%
Sat 92°70° 37%
Sun 93°66°
Mon 92°70° 18%

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