Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–College Road, 6 sights
4 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–College Road, 6 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Hadley Water Supply Land near East Hadley, MA. It climbs 418 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bunker Link/RFT (orange)–College Road, 6 sights
4 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 267–592 ft
Out & Back · Hadley Water Supply Land
Trailhead: 42.31538, -72.55097
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 78°F / low 69° · precip 93% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Tinker Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hitchcock Singletrack, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Tinker Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Northside Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Two Deer Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bunker Link, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading E.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Notch Bypass, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach College Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Two Deer Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Northside Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tinker Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Hitchcock Singletrack, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto College Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right onto College Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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