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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Low Place Trail/RFT (orange) & Low Place Trail via Halfway House Trail (Blue)

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,523 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Low Place Trail/RFT (orange) & Low Place Trail via Halfway House Trail (Blue) is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 1,523 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi190 – 712 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.30771, -72.59111
Nearest town Hockanum, MA
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Low Place Trail/RFT (orange) & Low Place Trail via Halfway House Trail (Blue)

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,523 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Elevation 190–711 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.30771, -72.59111

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miBear left onto Low Place Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miReach Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miBear right onto Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
  20. 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading NW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 200 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
  23. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/low-place-trail-rft-orange-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

40% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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