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.
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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 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Glenna Bell, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Bubba Brosnan, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Groundward Down, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Black Rock Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach College Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Black Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Groundward Down, heading E.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Bubba Brosnan, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left onto Glenna Bell, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto College Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto College Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 4 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 4.4 mi · loop · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 4.4 mi · loop · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 4.5 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Lithia Springs Trail
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- Lithia Springs Reservoir–College Road, 4 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 877 ft
- College Road–Glenna Bell, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,013 ft
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