Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Em’s Gem–Jacob's Ladder, 3 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 342 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Em’s Gem–Jacob's Ladder, 3 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. It climbs 342 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Em’s Gem–Jacob's Ladder, 3 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 342 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 270–512 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: 42.28701, -72.54112
Weather Aug 3: Rain showers, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 91% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Transit-accessible: Granby Heights Apts. (Out) stop 509 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Pond Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jacob's Ladder, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pond Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Em’s Gem, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Pond Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pond Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Jacob's Ladder, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pond Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left, heading W.
- 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.
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- Transit-accessible: Granby Heights Apts. (Out) stop 509 m from the trailhead
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