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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Lower Access–NET/M&M Trail (white), 8 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,148 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Lower Access–NET/M&M Trail (white), 8 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. It climbs 1,148 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi272 – 699 ft · steepest grade: 26%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Barn Road 42.28419, -72.51338
Nearest town Aldrich Mills, MA
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Lower Access–NET/M&M Trail (white), 8 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,148 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Elevation 272–700 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Red Barn Road · 42.28419, -72.51338

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

  1. Start on Red Barn Road, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Twister, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Private Investigation, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftTurn left onto Upper Access, heading W.
  5. 250 ftSharp right onto Technical Trail, heading N.
  6. 100 ftBear left onto Unsolved Mystery, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Technical Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right onto Lower Access, heading W.
  9. 350 ftBear left onto South Side Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.7 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (orange), heading W.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto North Side, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miReach Red Barn Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (orange), heading S.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading SE.
  19. 0.7 miBear right onto Lower Access, heading E.
  20. 350 ftSharp left onto Technical Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Unsolved Mystery, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Technical Trail, heading E.
  23. 100 ftSharp left onto Upper Access, heading S.
  24. 250 ftTurn right onto Private Investigation, heading SE.
  25. 250 ftTurn right onto Twister, heading SE.
  26. 0.1 miBear left onto Red Barn Road, heading S.
  27. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lower-access-net-m-m-trail-white-out-back-8-sights

Trail surface

77% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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