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

  1. Start on Access Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Southside Trail (Blue), heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Southern Belle, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftBear left onto South Side Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pete’s Wicked, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto West Farm Road, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miReach South Side Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left onto Pete’s Wicked, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miBear right onto Southern Belle, heading N.
  17. 150 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Southside Trail (Blue), heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
  20. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miBear left onto Access Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

51% dirt49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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