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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Bunker Link/RFT (orange), 5 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 1,403 ft · 2 hr 40 min

Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Bunker Link/RFT (orange), 5 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. It climbs 1,403 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi486 – 922 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bunker Link/RFT (orange) 42.30749, -72.53552
Nearest town Aldrich Mills, MA
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Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Bunker Link/RFT (orange), 5 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 1,403 ft · 2 hr 40 min

Elevation 485–923 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Bunker Link/RFT (orange) · 42.30749, -72.53552

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

Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (In) stop 666 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Two Deer Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miBear left onto Northside Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miBear left onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
  6. 400 ftContinue straight onto RFT (Orange), heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading W.
  9. 1.4 miBear left onto Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), heading SW.
  10. 0.3 miReach Bunker Link/RFT (orange), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NW.
  12. 1.4 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto RFT (Orange), heading S.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading E.
  15. 400 ftBear right onto Northside Road, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Two Deer Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bunker Link, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading NE.
  20. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/black-rock-trail-rft-orange-bunker-link-rft-orange-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (In) stop 666 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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