Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–Northside Road, 3 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 865 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–Northside Road, 3 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near East Hadley, MA. It climbs 865 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi318 – 686 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.30954, -72.57662
Nearest town East Hadley, MA

Directions

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Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–Northside Road, 3 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 865 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 318–686 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.30954, -72.57662

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

Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (N) stop 649 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Groundward Down, heading E.
  5. 300 ftBear left onto Bubba Brosnan, heading NE.
  6. 500 ftContinue straight onto Northside Road, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftSharp right onto Tinker Trail, heading NE.
  9. 100 ftTurn left onto Northside Road, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Two Deer Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bunker Link, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading E.
  14. 0.2 miReach Northside Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Two Deer Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miBear left onto Northside Road, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftTurn right onto Northside Road, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bubba Brosnan, heading SW.
  22. 350 ftBear right onto Groundward Down, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

30% dirt70% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (N) stop 649 m from the trailhead

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