Mount Holyoke Range State Park
North Side
4.1 mi · ▲ 577 ft · 1 hr 39 min
North Side is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 577 ft. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi253 – 502 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31738, -72.49686
Nearest town South Amherst, MA
Directions
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North Side
4.1 mi · ▲ 577 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 254–503 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: 42.31738, -72.49686
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow blaze, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Amherst Conservation, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto North Side, heading S.
- 1.1 miReach North Side, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Amherst Conservation, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow blaze, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
27% dirt73% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Access Trail & North Side 5.1 mi · ▲ 692 ft
- Access Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 844 ft
- Lower Access–NET/M&M Trail (white), 6 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 1,122 ft
- NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) & Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 8.1 mi · ▲ 1,947 ft
- Other Swamp Trail–South Side Trail, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 877 ft
- NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) 3.2 mi · ▲ 707 ft
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