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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Jacob's Ladder–Lower Access, 8 sights

4 mi · ▲ 620 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Jacob's Ladder–Lower Access, 8 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. It climbs 620 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi345 – 712 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Trolley Bed Trail 42.30115, -72.52825
Nearest town Aldrich Mills, MA
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Jacob's Ladder–Lower Access, 8 sights

4 mi · ▲ 620 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 346–710 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: Trolley Bed Trail · 42.30115, -72.52825

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

Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (Out) stop 338 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Trolley Bed Trail, heading SE.
  2. 300 ftBear left onto Notch Link, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 150 ftTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Robert Frost Trail (orange), heading NE.
  7. 1 miTurn right onto Robert Frost, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading S.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Swamp Trail (Red), heading S.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto South Side Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Lower Access, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pond Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Jacob's Ladder, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pond Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  16. 250 ftTurn right onto Notch Link, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miBear right onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading N.
  18. 250 ftArrive 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/jacobs-ladder-loop

Trail surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Notch Visitors Center (Out) stop 338 m from the trailhead

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