Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 6 sights

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,830 ft · 3 hr 17 min

Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 6 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near East Hadley, MA. It climbs 1,830 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi266 – 922 ft · steepest grade: 23%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31538, -72.55097
Nearest town East Hadley, MA

Directions

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Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 6 sights

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,830 ft · 3 hr 17 min

Elevation 267–923 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.31538, -72.55097

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 6:51 PM

Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  3. 250 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading S.
  4. 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Glenna Bell, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bubba Brosnan, heading W.
  12. 250 ftSharp left onto Groundward Down, heading S.
  13. 300 ftTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
  14. 1.4 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading W.
  15. 0.3 miBear right onto Black Rock Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 0.2 miReach College Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.5 miTurn left onto Black Rock Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.5 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading E.
  21. 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  22. 1.4 miTurn left onto Groundward Down, heading E.
  23. 300 ftSharp right onto Bubba Brosnan, heading E.
  24. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 400 ftBear left onto Glenna Bell, heading NE.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left onto College Road, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading SE.
  28. 150 ftBear right onto College Road, heading SE.
  29. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading NE.
  31. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  32. 200 ftBear left, heading NW.
  33. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

44% dirt56% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 6:51 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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