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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Amherst Conservation–North Side, 3 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Amherst Conservation–North Side, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 538 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi230 – 482 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Trolley Bed 42.31861, -72.52790
Nearest town South Amherst, MA
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Amherst Conservation–North Side, 3 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 538 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 230–484 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Trolley Bed · 42.31861, -72.52790

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Transit-accessible: Atkins Farm Storefront stop 79 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Trolley Bed, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pond Loop Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 200 ftTurn left onto North Side, heading SE.
  5. 1.6 miTurn left onto Amherst Conservation, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miReach Trolley Bed, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto North Side, heading S.
  8. 1.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 200 ftTurn left onto Pond Loop Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Trolley Bed, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/amherst-conservation-north-side-out-back-3-sights-7-km-9da2

Trail surface

31% dirt69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Atkins Farm Storefront stop 79 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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