Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Glenna Bell

4.3 mi · ▲ 899 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Glenna Bell is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 899 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 686 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange) 42.30983, -72.58442
Nearest town Hockanum, MA

Directions

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Glenna Bell

4.3 mi · ▲ 899 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 218–686 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange) · 42.30983, -72.58442

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading SE.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading SE.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Groundward Down, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftBear left onto Bubba Brosnan, heading E.
  9. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 400 ftBear left onto Glenna Bell, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miBear right onto Tinker Trail, heading N.
  12. 50 ftReach Glenna Bell, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Glenna Bell, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  15. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Bubba Brosnan, heading NW.
  17. 350 ftBear right onto Groundward Down, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
  21. 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading N.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading N.
  23. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

3% dirt97% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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