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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Groundward Down, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left onto Bubba Brosnan, heading NE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Northside Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Christmas Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Northside Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Northside Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bubba Brosnan, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Groundward Down, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 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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