Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Amherst Conservation
2.1 mi · ▲ 331 ft · 52 min
Amherst Conservation is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 331 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi295 – 548 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Access Trail 42.31375, -72.49537
Nearest town South Amherst, MA
Directions
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Amherst Conservation
2.1 mi · ▲ 331 ft · 52 min
Elevation 295–547 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Access Trail · 42.31375, -72.49537
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start on Access Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Amherst Conservation, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Access Trail, heading N.
- 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.
Trail surface
10% dirt90% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 4.4 mi · ▲ 431 ft
- North Side 4.2 mi · ▲ 648 ft
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