Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Jacob's Ladder–Lithia Bypass, 7 sights
13.8 mi · ▲ 2,375 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Jacob's Ladder–Lithia Bypass, 7 sights is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Dwight, MA. It climbs 2,375 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi151 – 922 ft · steepest grade: 27%14.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) 42.30751, -72.47079
Nearest town Dwight, MA
Directions
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Jacob's Ladder–Lithia Bypass, 7 sights
13.8 mi · ▲ 2,375 ft · 5 hr 47 min
Elevation 153–922 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) · 42.30751, -72.47079
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading W.
- 2.1 miSharp left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Lower Access, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pond Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Jacob's Ladder, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Maze Road, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Lithia Springs Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lithia Bypass, heading SW.
- 0.7 miReach NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Lithia Springs Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Maze Road, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jacob's Ladder, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pond Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Access, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear right onto South Side Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Other Swamp Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading E.
- 2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4 mi · loop · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4.1 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 5 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 5 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 5.5 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
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