Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Lower Hadley Reservoir–College Road, 5 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,465 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Lower Hadley Reservoir–College Road, 5 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. The route reaches Lower Hadley Reservoir at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 1,465 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lower Hadley Reservoir–College Road, 5 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,465 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Elevation 225–686 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Halfway House Trail (Blue) · 42.30196, -72.58925
Weather Aug 3: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 67° · precip 92% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Groundward Down, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left onto Bubba Brosnan, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Glenna Bell, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto College Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right onto College Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lower Tricky Turn Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Swiss Miss, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftReach Lower Hadley Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lower Tricky Turn Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Glenna Bell, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Bubba Brosnan, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right onto Groundward Down, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 0.7 miArrive 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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