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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), 5 sights

3.7 mi · ▲ 526 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), 5 sights is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. It climbs 526 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi269 – 663 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bunker Link/RFT (orange) 42.30749, -72.53552
Nearest town Aldrich Mills, MA
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Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), 5 sights

3.7 mi · ▲ 526 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 270–662 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Bunker Link/RFT (orange) · 42.30749, -72.53552

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

Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (In) stop 666 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Two Deer Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miBear left onto Northside Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miBear left onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
  6. 400 ftContinue straight onto RFT (Orange), heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), heading W.
  9. 0.3 miBear left onto Low Place Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miReach Bunker Link/RFT (orange), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miBear right onto Low Place Trail/RFT (orange), heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto RFT (Orange), heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading NE.
  15. 400 ftBear right onto Northside Road, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Two Deer Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bunker Link, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading E.
  20. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bunker-link-rft-orange-low-place-trail-rft-orange-out-back-5-sights-via-northside-road

Trail surface

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (In) stop 666 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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