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.
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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
- Start on Pond Loop Trail access, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto North Side, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Brookbank, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Trolley Bed, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Laurel Loop, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Trolley Bed, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Notch Link, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Maze Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miReach Brookbank, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Notch Link, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Trolley Bed, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Laurel Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Trolley Bed, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Brookbank, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Side, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Pond Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pond Loop Trail access, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Atkins Farm Storefront stop 371 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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