Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Brookbank–Laurel Loop, 7 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,005 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Brookbank–Laurel Loop, 7 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 1,005 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 699 ft · steepest grade: 24%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pond Loop Trail access 42.31841, -72.52428
Nearest town South Amherst, MA

Directions

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Brookbank–Laurel Loop, 7 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,005 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Elevation 217–700 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Pond Loop Trail access · 42.31841, -72.52428

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

Transit-accessible: Atkins Farm Storefront stop 371 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pond Loop Trail access, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 200 ftTurn right onto North Side, heading S.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto Brookbank, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Trolley Bed, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Laurel Loop, heading S.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Trolley Bed, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading S.
  11. 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftTurn right onto Notch Link, heading S.
  15. 0.4 miBear left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  18. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  20. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Maze Road, heading W.
  23. 0.3 miReach Brookbank, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  26. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  27. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miBear right onto Notch Link, heading NE.
  32. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  33. 150 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading E.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
  35. 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading N.
  36. 0.2 miBear right onto Trolley Bed, heading NW.
  37. 500 ftContinue straight onto Laurel Loop, heading NW.
  38. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  39. 50 ftTurn left onto Trolley Bed, heading N.
  40. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  41. 500 ftContinue straight onto Brookbank, heading N.
  42. 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Side, heading N.
  43. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  44. 200 ftTurn right onto Pond Loop Trail, heading N.
  45. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pond Loop Trail access, heading N.
  46. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

52% dirt48% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Atkins Farm Storefront stop 371 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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