Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Christmas Trail & Tinker Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,097 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Christmas Trail & Tinker Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near East Hadley, MA. It climbs 1,097 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi318 – 712 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.30954, -72.57662
Nearest town East Hadley, MA
Directions
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Christmas Trail & Tinker Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,097 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 318–711 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: 42.30954, -72.57662
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (N) stop 649 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto RFT (Orange), heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Christmas Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Tinker Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Tinker Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue 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 SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
27% dirt73% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (N) stop 649 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–Northside Road, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 865 ft
- Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 5 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,395 ft
- Upper Hadley Reservoir–Big Tree Trail, 4 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,267 ft
- Tinker Trail & Wall Street 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,086 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) 3.6 mi · ▲ 957 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) 3.3 mi · ▲ 928 ft
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