Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Better Access–Entrance Exam, 6 sights
5 mi · ▲ 508 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Better Access–Entrance Exam, 6 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. It climbs 508 ft. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi269 – 512 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.29560, -72.53119
Nearest town Aldrich Mills, MA
Directions
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Better Access–Entrance Exam, 6 sights
5 mi · ▲ 508 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 270–512 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: 42.29560, -72.53119
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jacob's Ladder, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lower Access, heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Serpentine, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Better Access, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Entrance Exam, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Far East, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Barn Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Jacob's Ladder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Far East, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Entrance Exam, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Better Access, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Serpentine, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Access, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Pond Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Jacob's Ladder, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
57% dirt43% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
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