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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.

Elevation

0 mi223 – 1,011 ft · steepest grade: 32%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31041, -72.58224
Nearest town Hockanum, MA
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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (S) stop 759 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  6. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miReach Mount Hitchcock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading W.
  12. 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  17. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  18. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NW.
  19. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-hitchcock-net-m-m-trail-white-out-back

Trail surface

29% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (S) stop 759 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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