Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Notch Link–Private Investigation, 8 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Notch Link–Private Investigation, 8 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. It climbs 682 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Notch Link–Private Investigation, 8 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 270–608 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Red Barn Road · 42.28321, -72.51591
Weather Aug 4: Rain showers, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 90% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:45 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
- Start on Red Barn Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Twister, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Private Investigation, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Upper Access, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Technical Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left onto Unsolved Mystery, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Technical Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lower Access, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Raptor, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto T-Rex, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Notch Link, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftReach Red Barn Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear left onto Notch Link, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto T-Rex, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Raptor, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Lower Access, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Technical Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Unsolved Mystery, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Technical Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Upper Access, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Private Investigation, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Twister, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Red Barn Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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