Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Christmas Trail & Northside Road

3.8 mi · ▲ 687 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Christmas Trail & Northside Road is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near East Hadley, MA. It climbs 687 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi236 – 640 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31460, -72.56618
Nearest town East Hadley, MA

Directions

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Christmas Trail & Northside Road

3.8 mi · ▲ 687 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 237–638 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.31460, -72.56618

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Groundward Down, heading E.
  7. 300 ftBear left onto Bubba Brosnan, heading NE.
  8. 500 ftContinue straight onto Northside Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading NE.
  11. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Christmas Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miReach Northside Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miBear left onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Northside Road, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bubba Brosnan, heading SW.
  17. 350 ftBear right onto Groundward Down, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  22. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

18% dirt82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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