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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Mount Norwottock–Mount Hitchcock, 9 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 2,275 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Mount Norwottock–Mount Hitchcock, 9 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near East Hadley, MA. The route passes Mount Hitchcock and Mount Norwottock before reaching NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 2,275 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi266 – 1,099 ft · steepest grade: 29%8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31538, -72.55097
Nearest town East Hadley, MA
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Mount Norwottock–Mount Hitchcock, 9 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 2,275 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 267–1,099 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  3. 250 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading S.
  4. 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tinker Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Hitchcock Singletrack, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miBear right onto Tinker Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto RFT (Orange), heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Mt. Hitchcock, heading E.
  14. 50 ftPass Mount Hitchcock.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.2 miBear right onto Notch Link, heading NE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 150 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
  23. 0.5 miPass NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint.
  24. 50 ftReach Mount Norwottock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 0.5 miTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 150 ftTurn right onto Notch Link, heading SW.
  28. 0.4 miBear left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  31. 450 ftTurn left onto Lithia Springs Trail, heading SW.
  32. 0.6 miTurn right onto Mt. Hitchcock, heading NW.
  33. 0.5 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  34. 0.3 miSharp right onto RFT (Orange), heading N.
  35. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
  36. 0.1 miBear left onto Hitchcock Singletrack, heading W.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tinker Trail, heading W.
  38. 50 ftTurn right onto College Road, heading W.
  39. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading NE.
  40. 100 ftBear right onto College Road, heading NE.
  41. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  42. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading N.
  43. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  44. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  45. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mount-norwottock-mount-hitchcock-out-back-10-sights

Trail surface

41% dirt59% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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