Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Mount Holyoke–Summit House, 7 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 2,487 ft · 4 hr 21 min
Mount Holyoke–Summit House, 7 sights is a 9.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. The route passes Mount Holyoke, NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint and Summit House. It climbs 2,487 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Mount Holyoke–Summit House, 7 sights
9.3 mi · ▲ 2,487 ft · 4 hr 21 min
Elevation 208–937 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Bunker Link/RFT (orange) · 42.30653, -72.53341
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (In) stop 463 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Two Deer Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Northside Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto RFT (Orange), heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
- 2 miPass Mount Holyoke.
- 50 ftPass NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Summit House.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1.4 miReach Mount Holyoke, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto RFT (Orange), heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right onto Northside Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Two Deer Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bunker Link, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading NE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~109 min). Leave by 4:44 PM for the 6:53 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (In) stop 463 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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