Mount Norwottock–Devils Garden, 5 summits is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Dwight, MA. The route passes Mount Norwottock and NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint before reaching Devils Garden at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It climbs 2,522 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi387 – 1,099 ft · steepest grade: 33%8.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) 42.30751, -72.47079
Nearest town Dwight, MA
Directions
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Mount Norwottock–Devils Garden, 5 summits
8.1 mi · ▲ 2,522 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Elevation 388–1,099 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) · 42.30751, -72.47079
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading W.
- 2.3 miBear left onto Southside Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Swamp Trail (Red), heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Mount Norwottock.
- 50 ftPass NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint.
- 0.7 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Devils Garden.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Mount Norwottock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Swamp Trail (Red), heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Southside Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading E.
- 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
95% dirt5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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