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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Blue Viewpoint–Rattlesnake Knob Loop, 3 viewpoints

5.3 mi · ▲ 1,117 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Blue Viewpoint–Rattlesnake Knob Loop, 3 viewpoints is a 5.3-mile loop in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Dwight, MA. The route passes Blue Viewpoint and Rattlesnake Knob. It climbs 1,117 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi328 – 922 ft · steepest grade: 25%5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) 42.30751, -72.47079
Nearest town Dwight, MA
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Blue Viewpoint–Rattlesnake Knob Loop, 3 viewpoints

5.3 mi · ▲ 1,117 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 328–922 ft

Loop · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) · 42.30751, -72.47079

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading W.
  2. 2.6 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading W.
  3. 150 ftPass Rattlesnake Knob.
  4. 200 ftReach Blue Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 350 ftContinue straight onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Access Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  12. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  15. 1.3 miSharp right onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SE.
  16. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rattlesnake-knob-blue-viewpoint-out-back-10-km-49bf

Trail surface

51% dirt49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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