Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Other Swamp Trail–South Side Trail, 4 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 412 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Other Swamp Trail–South Side Trail, 4 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 412 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi295 – 587 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Access Trail 42.31375, -72.49537
Nearest town South Amherst, MA
Directions
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Other Swamp Trail–South Side Trail, 4 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 412 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 295–589 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Access Trail · 42.31375, -72.49537
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start on Access Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Southside Trail (Blue), heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Southern Belle, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto South Side Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pete’s Wicked, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto West Farm Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach South Side Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Pete’s Wicked, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Southern Belle, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Southside Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Access Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
51% dirt49% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4 mi · loop · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4 mi · loop · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4.1 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 5 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 5 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 5.5 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
More from Access Trail Trailhead
- Access Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Access Trail 4 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Lower Access–South Side Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 476 ft
- Private Investigation–Red Barn Road, 5 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 634 ft
- Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 4.4 mi · ▲ 431 ft
- North Side 4.2 mi · ▲ 648 ft
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