Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Glenna Bell & NET/M&M Trail (white)

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,164 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Glenna Bell & NET/M&M Trail (white) is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 1,164 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi505 – 929 ft · steepest grade: 29%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.30015, -72.58750
Nearest town Hockanum, MA

Directions

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Glenna Bell & NET/M&M Trail (white)

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,164 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 507–930 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.30015, -72.58750

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Groundward Down, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftBear left onto Bubba Brosnan, heading E.
  9. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 400 ftBear left onto Glenna Bell, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miReach NET/M&M Trail (white), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  13. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Bubba Brosnan, heading NW.
  15. 300 ftBear right onto Groundward Down, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 0.9 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
  19. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

28% dirt2% gravel1% paved69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:33 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:53 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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