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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Low Place Trail/RFT (orange)

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,236 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Low Place Trail/RFT (orange) is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 1,236 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 712 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange) 42.30983, -72.58442
Nearest town Hockanum, MA
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Low Place Trail/RFT (orange)

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,236 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Elevation 218–711 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange) · 42.30983, -72.58442

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading SE.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading SE.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miReach Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading N.
  18. 250 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading NW.
  19. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/low-place-trail-rft-orange-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

26% dirt74% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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