Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Devils Garden–Lithia Springs Reservoir, 10 sights
12 mi · ▲ 1,967 ft · 4 hr 59 min
Devils Garden–Lithia Springs Reservoir, 10 sights is a 12-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. The route passes Lithia Springs Reservoir and Lithia Springs Reservoir before reaching Devils Garden at the turnaround, 6 miles in. It climbs 1,967 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Devils Garden–Lithia Springs Reservoir, 10 sights
12 mi · ▲ 1,967 ft · 4 hr 59 min
Elevation 208–722 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: NET/M&M Trail (white) · 42.29131, -72.59989
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on NET/M&M Trail (white), heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dry Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Black Rock Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Lithia Outlook Trail/RFT (orange), heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Lithia Springs Reservoir.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lithia Springs Trail/RFT (orange), heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Lithia Springs Reservoir.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading SE.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Notch Link, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Devils Garden, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Notch Link, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Lithia Springs Trail/RFT (orange), heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Lithia Outlook Trail/RFT (orange), heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Black Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Dry Brook Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from NET/M&M Trail (white) Trailhead
- Dry Brook Trail–Lithia Bypass, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 577 ft
- Blue Viewpoint–Rattlesnake Knob, 13 sights 14 mi · ▲ 2,051 ft
- Parker Reservoir–Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), 6 sights 7.4 mi · ▲ 1,625 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint & NET/M&M Trail (white) 2.7 mi · ▲ 724 ft
- Mount Holyoke–Summit House Loop, 10 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,158 ft
- Mount Holyoke–Summit House Loop, 11 sights 7 mi · ▲ 1,847 ft
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