Hadley Water Supply Land

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.

Elevation

0 mi266 – 594 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31538, -72.55097
Nearest town East Hadley, MA

Directions

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

Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
  3. 250 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading S.
  4. 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftBear left onto Tinker Toy, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto College Road, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tinker Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Hitchcock Singletrack, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miBear right onto Tinker Trail, heading SE.
  11. 150 ftTurn left onto Northside Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Two Deer Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bunker Link, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link/RFT (orange), heading E.
  16. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Notch Bypass, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miReach College Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 1 miContinue straight onto Bunker Link, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left onto Two Deer Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miBear left onto Northside Road, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Tinker Trail, heading NW.
  22. 150 ftBear left onto Hitchcock Singletrack, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftTurn right onto College Road, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading NW.
  26. 100 ftBear right onto College Road, heading NW.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tinker Toy, heading N.
  29. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  30. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  31. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

33% dirt67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: HC Physical Plant (E) stop 762 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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