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Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Warren Wright Road Conservation Area–Aldrich Lake, 8 sights

11.9 mi · ▲ 2,245 ft · 5 hr 5 min

Warren Wright Road Conservation Area–Aldrich Lake, 8 sights is an 11.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. The route passes Aldrich Lake before reaching Warren Wright Road Conservation Area at the turnaround, 5.9 miles in. It climbs 2,245 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi266 – 922 ft · steepest grade: 23%12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.28500, -72.53936
Nearest town Aldrich Mills, MA
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Warren Wright Road Conservation Area–Aldrich Lake, 8 sights

11.9 mi · ▲ 2,245 ft · 5 hr 5 min

Elevation 267–922 ft

Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Trailhead: 42.28500, -72.53936

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

Transit-accessible: Granby Heights Apts. (Out) stop 553 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miPass Aldrich Lake.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Pond Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jacob's Ladder, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Pond Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Lower Access, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miBear right onto South Side Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Other Swamp Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miSharp right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
  14. 2.1 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading N.
  15. 450 ftTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading N.
  16. 0.7 miReach Warren Wright Road Conservation Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.7 miTurn left onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading SW.
  18. 2.2 miSharp left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.4 miTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.4 miBear left onto Lower Access, heading NW.
  21. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pond Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto Jacob's Ladder, heading W.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pond Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  28. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/warren-wright-road-conservation-area-jacobs-ladder-out-back-7-sights-17-km-bb93

Trail surface

80% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 6:53 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Granby Heights Apts. (Out) stop 553 m from the trailhead

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