Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Halfway House Trail (Blue)

5 mi · ▲ 1,252 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Halfway House Trail (Blue) is a 5-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 1,252 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi190 – 712 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.30771, -72.59111
Nearest town Hockanum, MA

Directions

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Halfway House Trail (Blue)

5 mi · ▲ 1,252 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 190–711 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.30771, -72.59111

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto RFT (Orange), heading E.
  12. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading N.
  14. 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading NW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading NW.
  23. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

26% dirt74% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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