Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
1.9 mi · ▲ 615 ft · 56 min
Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange) is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near East Hadley, MA. It climbs 615 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
1.9 mi · ▲ 615 ft · 56 min
Elevation 260–620 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: 42.30954, -72.57662
Weather Aug 4: Rain showers, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 93% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Transit-accessible: Chumura Road (N) stop 649 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading NW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miArrive 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: Chumura Road (N) stop 649 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3 mi · out & back · via Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
- 4 mi · out & back · via Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
More from this trailhead
- Halfway House Trail (Blue) 2.2 mi · ▲ 614 ft
- Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange) 2.8 mi · ▲ 954 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) 3 mi · ▲ 899 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) 3.1 mi · ▲ 1,077 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) 3.2 mi · ▲ 1,149 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) 3.3 mi · ▲ 928 ft
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