Mount Norwottock–NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint Loop, 11 sights is a 4.5-mile loop in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. The route passes Mount Norwottock and NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint. It climbs 1,064 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Norwottock–NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint Loop, 11 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,064 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 215–1,099 ft
Loop · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Pond Loop Trail access · 42.31841, -72.52428
Weather Aug 3: Heavy rain, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 93% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Transit-accessible: Atkins Farm Storefront stop 371 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto North Side, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Amherst Conservation, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Robert Frost, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Swamp Trail (Red), heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NW.
- 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 NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Trolley Bed, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Laurel Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Trolley Bed, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Brookbank, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Side, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Pond Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pond Loop Trail access, heading E.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: Atkins Farm Storefront stop 371 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Pond Loop Trail access Trailhead
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- Access Trail & Sweet Alice Trail via North Side 2.5 mi · ▲ 256 ft
- Amherst Conservation–Laurel Loop Loop, 7 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 497 ft
- Brookbank–Laurel Loop, 9 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 967 ft
- Laurel Loop–Lower Access Loop, 12 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 806 ft
- Mount Norwottock–NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint, 7 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,464 ft
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