Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Access Trail–Far Side, 7 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,174 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Access Trail–Far Side, 7 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 1,174 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi243 – 699 ft · steepest grade: 22%8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Access Trail 42.31981, -72.51816
Nearest town South Amherst, MA

Directions

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Access Trail–Far Side, 7 sights

8.6 mi · ▲ 1,174 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Elevation 242–700 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Access Trail · 42.31981, -72.51816

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

  1. Start on Access Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left onto North Side, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (orange), heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading S.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading S.
  7. 1.1 miTurn right onto Other Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pete’s Wicked, heading E.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto West Farm Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Far Side, heading S.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Farm Road, heading S.
  12. 0.9 miReach Access Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Far Side, heading N.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto West Farm Road, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left onto Pete’s Wicked, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading W.
  18. 1.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (orange), heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto North Side, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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