Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Parker Reservoir & Halfway House Trail (Blue) via Glenna Bell
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,365 ft · 2 hr 31 min
Parker Reservoir & Halfway House Trail (Blue) via Glenna Bell is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. The route reaches Parker Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 1,365 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Parker Reservoir & Halfway House Trail (Blue) via Glenna Bell
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,365 ft · 2 hr 31 min
Elevation 225–686 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Halfway House Trail (Blue) · 42.30196, -72.58925
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Groundward Down, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Parker Road, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Glenna Bell, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Parker Road, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Parker Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Glenna Bell, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Parker Road, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Groundward Down, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail (Blue), heading NW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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