Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Brookbank–Laurel Loop, 6 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 654 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Brookbank–Laurel Loop, 6 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. It climbs 654 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi256 – 699 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Trolley Bed Trail 42.30115, -72.52825
Nearest town Aldrich Mills, MA

Directions

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Brookbank–Laurel Loop, 6 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 654 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 257–700 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Trolley Bed Trail · 42.30115, -72.52825

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

Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (Out) stop 338 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Trolley Bed Trail, heading SE.
  2. 300 ftBear left onto Notch Link, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 150 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading N.
  7. 0.2 miBear right onto Trolley Bed, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Laurel Loop, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Trolley Bed, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  12. 500 ftContinue straight onto Brookbank, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miReach Notch Link, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Trolley Bed, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Laurel Loop, heading S.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Trolley Bed, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading S.
  19. 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading E.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 150 ftTurn right onto Notch Link, heading S.
  23. 0.4 miBear right onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading SW.
  24. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

48% dirt52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (Out) stop 338 m from the trailhead

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