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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Devils Garden–Access Trail, 4 sights

3 mi · ▲ 374 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Devils Garden–Access Trail, 4 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. The route reaches Devils Garden at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 374 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi243 – 522 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Access Trail 42.31981, -72.51816
Nearest town South Amherst, MA
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Devils Garden–Access Trail, 4 sights

3 mi · ▲ 374 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 242–522 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Access Trail · 42.31981, -72.51816

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

  1. Start on Access Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left onto North Side, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (orange), heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miReach Devils Garden, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Robert Frost Trail (orange), heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto North Side, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/devils-garden-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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