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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.

Elevation

0 mi223 – 712 ft · steepest grade: 30%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Halfway House Trail (Blue) 42.30196, -72.58925
Nearest town Hockanum, MA
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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miReach Halfway House Trail (Blue), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 200 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
  20. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/halfway-house-trail-blue-low-place-trail-rft-orange-out-back-9-km-4829

Trail surface

44% dirt56% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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