Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Mount Hitchcock & NET/M&M Trail (white)
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,397 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Mount Hitchcock & NET/M&M Trail (white) is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. The route reaches Mount Hitchcock at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 1,397 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Mount Hitchcock & NET/M&M Trail (white)
4.6 mi · ▲ 1,397 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 223–1,010 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: 42.31041, -72.58224
Weather Aug 3: Rain showers, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 93% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (S) stop 759 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Mount Hitchcock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (S) stop 759 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Halfway House Trail (Blue) 2 mi · ▲ 415 ft
- Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange) 2.9 mi · ▲ 770 ft
- Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange) 3 mi · ▲ 770 ft
- Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,125 ft
- Lithia Springs Reservoir–Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), 4 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,296 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) 3.5 mi · ▲ 982 ft
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