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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.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 1,099 ft · steepest grade: 31%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pond Loop Trail access 42.31841, -72.52428
Nearest town South Amherst, MA

Directions

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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 Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM

Transit-accessible: Atkins Farm Storefront stop 371 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto North Side, heading E.
  3. 1.3 miTurn right onto Amherst Conservation, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Robert Frost, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Swamp Trail (Red), heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miSharp left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NW.
  9. 0.2 miPass Mount Norwottock.
  10. 50 ftPass NET/M&M Trail (white) Viewpoint.
  11. 0.7 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miBear right onto Trolley Bed, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Laurel Loop, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Trolley Bed, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  17. 500 ftContinue straight onto Brookbank, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto North Side, heading N.
  19. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 200 ftTurn right onto Pond Loop Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pond Loop Trail access, heading E.
  22. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

50% dirt8% grass42% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Atkins Farm Storefront stop 371 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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