Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Northside Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 885 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Northside Road is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 885 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi217 – 686 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange) 42.30983, -72.58442
Nearest town Hockanum, MA

Directions

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Northside Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 885 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 218–686 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange) · 42.30983, -72.58442

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading SE.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading SE.
  3. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Groundward Down, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftBear left onto Bubba Brosnan, heading E.
  9. 500 ftContinue straight onto Northside Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading NE.
  12. 400 ftReach Northside Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 450 ftTurn right onto Northside Road, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bubba Brosnan, heading SW.
  15. 300 ftBear right onto Groundward Down, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  19. 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading NW.
  20. 250 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading N.
  21. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

18% dirt82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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