Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
3.6 mi · ▲ 950 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange) is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 950 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
3.6 mi · ▲ 950 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 218–711 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange) · 42.30983, -72.58442
Weather Aug 4: Rain showers, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 93% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:46 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange), heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading NW.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at 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)
- 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)
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange)
More from Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange) Trailhead
- Halfway House Trail (Blue) 2 mi · ▲ 415 ft
- Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange) 2.9 mi · ▲ 770 ft
- Taylor's Notch Trail/RFT (Yellow/Orange) 3 mi · ▲ 770 ft
- Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange)–Black Rock Trail, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,125 ft
- Lithia Springs Reservoir–Black Rock Trail/RFT (orange), 4 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 1,296 ft
- NET/M&M Trail (white) 3.5 mi · ▲ 982 ft
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