Joseph Allen Skinner State Park
Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 4 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,519 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 4 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Joseph Allen Skinner State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 1,519 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 4 sights
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,519 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 225–907 ft
Out & Back · Joseph Allen Skinner State Park
Trailhead: Halfway House Trail (Blue) · 42.30196, -72.58925
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 67° · precip 92% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Black Rock Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Halfway House Trail (Blue), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Black Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Halfway House Trail (Blue) Trailhead
- Tramway & Two Forest via Devil's Football 1.9 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint & Tramway 2 mi · ▲ 947 ft
- Lithia Springs Reservoir–Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), 4 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 1,019 ft
- Parker Reservoir & NET/M&M Trail (white) 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,271 ft
- Conglomerate Rock & NET/M&M Trail (white) 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,412 ft
- Mount Holyoke–Summit House Loop, 7 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,014 ft
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