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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Horse Caves–Amherst Conservation, 7 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,050 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Horse Caves–Amherst Conservation, 7 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. The route reaches Horse Caves. It climbs 1,050 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi253 – 879 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31738, -72.49686
Nearest town South Amherst, MA
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Horse Caves–Amherst Conservation, 7 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,050 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 254–880 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.31738, -72.49686

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear left onto Swamp Trail (Red), heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading S.
  9. 400 ftTurn right onto Upper Access, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miSharp right onto Technical Trail, heading SW.
  11. 100 ftBear left onto Unsolved Mystery, heading SW.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Technical Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miSharp right onto Lower Access, heading W.
  14. 350 ftBear left onto South Side Trail, heading W.
  15. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 150 ftBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  18. 300 ftPass Horse Caves.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left onto Robert Frost, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miBear right onto Amherst Conservation, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/horse-caves-amherst-conservation-out-back-7-sights-7-km

Trail surface

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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