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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

North Side

4.2 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 1 hr 43 min

North Side is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 648 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi295 – 548 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Access Trail 42.31375, -72.49537
Nearest town South Amherst, MA
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North Side

4.2 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 295–547 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Access Trail · 42.31375, -72.49537

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

  1. Start on Access Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  8. 350 ftTurn right onto Amherst Conservation, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto North Side, heading N.
  10. 1.1 miReach North Side, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.1 miTurn right onto Amherst Conservation, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miBear left onto Access Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/north-side-out-back-7-km-2e62

Trail surface

5% dirt95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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