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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Other Swamp Trail–South Side Trail, 4 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 877 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Other Swamp Trail–South Side Trail, 4 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. It climbs 877 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi253 – 794 ft · steepest grade: 26%5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31738, -72.49686
Nearest town South Amherst, MA
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Other Swamp Trail–South Side Trail, 4 sights

5.2 mi · ▲ 877 ft · 2 hr 10 min

Elevation 254–795 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.31738, -72.49686

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miBear right onto Southside Trail (Blue), heading SW.
  7. 100 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Southern Belle, heading SW.
  9. 100 ftBear left onto South Side Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pete’s Wicked, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto West Farm Road, heading S.
  13. 0.5 miReach South Side Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left onto Pete’s Wicked, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miBear right onto Southern Belle, heading W.
  18. 100 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Southside Trail (Blue), heading NE.
  20. 100 ftBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading N.
  21. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/other-swamp-trail-south-side-trail-out-back-4-sights-8-km-5afa

Trail surface

63% dirt37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

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