Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Blue Viewpoint & Rattlesnake Knob via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
3.2 mi · ▲ 549 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Blue Viewpoint & Rattlesnake Knob via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near South Amherst, MA. The route passes Blue Viewpoint before reaching Rattlesnake Knob at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 549 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Blue Viewpoint & Rattlesnake Knob via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
3.2 mi · ▲ 549 ft · 1 hr 20 min
Elevation 263–809 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: 42.31514, -72.48521
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftPass Rattlesnake Knob.
- 150 ftReach Blue Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Lower Access–South Side Trail, 4 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 784 ft
- Private Investigation–Red Barn Road, 5 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 724 ft
- Notch Link–South Side Trail, 3 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 660 ft
- Lower Access–South Side Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 668 ft
- NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange) 2.6 mi · ▲ 410 ft
- Robert Frost Trail (Orange) 3.5 mi · ▲ 410 ft
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