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Old M&M Trail via NET/M&M Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Brush Mountain Conservation Area near East Northfield, MA. It climbs 1,213 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,070 – 1,496 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.68284, -72.40450
Nearest town East Northfield, MA

Directions

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Old M&M Trail via NET/M&M Trail

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,213 ft · 2 hr 50 min

Elevation 1,068–1,496 ft

Out & Back · Brush Mountain Conservation Area

Trailhead: 42.68284, -72.40450

Weather Sep 20: Light rain, high 54°F / low 47° · precip 63% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 6:52 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Old M&M Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.8 miReach Old M&M Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.8 miContinue straight onto NET/M&M Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

24% dirt76% unspecified

Weather

Light rainTemperature 54°F47°
Precip63%Wind4 mphUV1Humidity100%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago (0.5″ over the last week)
Hourly temperatureRain chance
60°45° 4 AM: 2% rain5 AM: 12% rain6 AM: 1% rain7 AM: 5% rain8 AM: 11% rain9 AM: 17% rain10 AM: 42% rain11 AM: 63% rain12 PM: 59% rain1 PM: 62% rain2 PM: 54% rain3 PM: 37% rain4 PM: 43% rain5 PM: 59% rain6 PM: 51% rain7 PM: 45% rain8 PM: 50% rain9 PM: 46% rain10 PM: 39% rain11 PM: 19% rain
Sunrise 6:35 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:52 PM
Mon 60°49°
Tue 57°40°
Wed 60°37°
Thu 63°35° 16%
Fri 64°40° 31%
Sat 59°47° 31%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:32 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:52 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:21 PM.

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