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

  1. Start on NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading W.
  2. 2.1 miSharp left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miBear left onto Lower Access, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pond Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Jacob's Ladder, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pond Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Maze Road, heading W.
  16. 1.3 miTurn left onto Lithia Springs Road, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lithia Bypass, heading SW.
  18. 0.7 miReach NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.7 miTurn left onto Lithia Springs Road, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Maze Road, heading SE.
  21. 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  24. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 250 ftBear left, heading E.
  27. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 0.2 miBear left onto Pond Trail, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jacob's Ladder, heading E.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto Pond Trail, heading E.
  31. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Access, heading N.
  32. 0.5 miBear right onto South Side Trail, heading SE.
  33. 0.4 miTurn right onto Other Swamp Trail, heading E.
  34. 0.4 miSharp right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading E.
  35. 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

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