Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Tinker Trail via Northside Road
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,219 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Tinker Trail via Northside Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. It climbs 1,219 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Tinker Trail via Northside Road
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,219 ft · 2 hr 13 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.
- 0.2 miBear left onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto RFT (Orange), heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tinker Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftBear right onto Northside Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Tinker Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Tinker Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto RFT (Orange), heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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 NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Halfway House Trail/RFT (Blue/Orange), heading N.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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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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