Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Bunker Link/RFT (orange), 5 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 1,403 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Bunker Link/RFT (orange), 5 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. It climbs 1,403 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Bunker Link/RFT (orange), 5 sights
5.9 mi · ▲ 1,403 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 485–923 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Bunker Link/RFT (orange) · 42.30749, -72.53552
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 77°F / low 68° · precip 92% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (In) stop 666 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading SW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Two Deer Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Northside Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto RFT (Orange), heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading W.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Bunker Link/RFT (orange), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto RFT (Orange), heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftBear right onto Northside Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Two Deer Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bunker Link, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (In) stop 666 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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