Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Halfway House Trail (Blue) & Low Place Trail/RFT (orange)
5.7 mi · ▲ 1,539 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Halfway House Trail (Blue) & Low Place Trail/RFT (orange) is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 1,539 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Halfway House Trail (Blue) & Low Place Trail/RFT (orange)
5.7 mi · ▲ 1,539 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 225–711 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Halfway House Trail (Blue) · 42.30196, -72.58925
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 67° · precip 92% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Halfway House Trail (Blue), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Halfway House Trail (Blue)
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Halfway House Trail (Blue)
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Halfway House Trail (Blue)
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Halfway House Trail (Blue)
- 5 mi · out & back · via Halfway House Trail (Blue)
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Halfway House Trail (Blue)
More from Halfway House Trail (Blue) Trailhead
- Tramway & Two Forest via Devil's Football 1.9 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint & Tramway 2 mi · ▲ 947 ft
- Lithia Springs Reservoir–Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), 4 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 1,019 ft
- Parker Reservoir & NET/M&M Trail (white) 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,271 ft
- Conglomerate Rock & NET/M&M Trail (white) 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,412 ft
- Mount Holyoke–Summit House Loop, 7 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,014 ft
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