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Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area

Bare Mountain–Upper Hadley Reservoir, 5 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 1,311 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Bare Mountain–Upper Hadley Reservoir, 5 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area near Aldrich Mills, MA. The route passes Bare Mountain and Upper Hadley Reservoir. It climbs 1,311 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi302 – 1,011 ft · steepest grade: 34%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.29786, -72.53134
Nearest town Aldrich Mills, MA
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Bare Mountain–Upper Hadley Reservoir, 5 sights

3.5 mi · ▲ 1,311 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 301–1,010 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.29786, -72.53134

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

Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (Out) stop 752 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miSharp left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading S.
  3. 50 ftPass Bare Mountain.
  4. 0.4 miBear left onto Notch Bypass, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Bunker Road, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Swiss Miss, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftPass Upper Hadley Reservoir.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Condo Singletrack, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 150 ftReach Bare Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Swiss Miss, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Bunker Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading S.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
  15. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  16. 0.4 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/bare-mountain-out-back-35a0

Trail surface

51% dirt49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (Out) stop 752 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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