Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Upper Hadley Reservoir–Big Tree Trail, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 1,363 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Upper Hadley Reservoir–Big Tree Trail, 4 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Hockanum, MA. The route reaches Upper Hadley Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 1,363 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Upper Hadley Reservoir–Big Tree Trail, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 1,363 ft · 2 hr 29 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 3: 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 left, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Tessman Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Tree Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Northside Road, heading NE.
- 300 ftReach Upper Hadley Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Big Tree Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Tessman Loop, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Northside Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Tinker Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto RFT (Orange), heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 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 NW.
- 100 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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