Trips
Mt. Holyoke via Dry Brook Trail
Hockanum, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 3.6 miles (13.0 miles away)
Hiking | 3.6 miles (13.0 miles away)
A very nice and pleasant hike with great views from the summit. The start of the loop is a not at either of the main entrances, but off of Old Mountain Road which is one way coming from Hockanum Road (47) near an old graveyard. You'll split off the path from the summit and follow the Dry Brook trail with is well blazed in blue. It's a mostly level trek through the...
M & M Trail Section 6 (Mount Tom
Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 8.9 miles (11.6 miles away)
Hiking | 8.9 miles (11.6 miles away)
Great hike for a summer day, however watch out for the afternoon thunder storm. Map can be found at http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/trails/Mt-Tom.gif
Mount Tom State Reservation
Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 6.7 miles (11.6 miles away)
Hiking | 6.7 miles (11.6 miles away)
Just a short hike up Provin Mountain in Southwick/Agawam, Massachusetts.
Shenipsit Trail Glastonbury to Vernon
Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States
Hiking | 13.2 miles (27.7 miles away)
Hiking | 13.2 miles (27.7 miles away)
This is an easy hike alongside the Scantic River through medium-growth hemlock, birch, and other species of trees. The Scantic is suitable for fishing along this routs, as well as swimming at the head of the trail, very popular on hot summer days. The Scantic River Watershed Asscociation (www.srwa.org) holds their Annual Spring Splash along this river, ending at this trail head.The history of this area can be found at:http://www.enfieldhistoricalsociety.org/EHSpowder.htmlThere are plenty...
Richardson Land Management Area Brookfield, Ma
Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 2.7 miles (25.6 miles away)
Hiking | 2.7 miles (25.6 miles away)
The Richardson WildLife management area in Brookfield, Ma can be accessed several ways. The first and largest parking area is at the very end of Devils Elbow Rd. (off route 148 north towards Nbroofield) the second area, and the area we parked at for our map is off of Foster Hill Rd. in Brookfield, just past the McCarthy Bus company and Funeral home. (parking is at trailhead basically). We have a multi-geocache here...
Peaked Mountain & Miller Forest
Monson, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 5.8 miles (12.7 miles away)
Hiking | 5.8 miles (12.7 miles away)
A property of the Trustees of Reservations has nice views off the mountain and pieceful waterfalls in the forest. A map can be found at http://www.thetrustees.org/pages/21_trail_map_library.cfm .
Out for a geocaching run on Tekoa. A beautiful day and a great hike. Got six caches and two benchmarks.
GPS is still not working properly. The actual mileage was 8.4. Great hike along the Mt. Holyoke Range! Started at the Notch Visitor Center and hiked the Metacomet - Monadnock Trail summitting Bare Mountain, Mt. Hitchcock and continued along to to the Summit House. The snow was beginning to fall as we reached the summit of Mt. Holyoke and continued for the hike back.
Lab Hike - 7 sisters
Aldrich Mills, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 4.0 miles (14.4 miles away)
Hiking | 4.0 miles (14.4 miles away)
Brookside Trail at Northwest Park
Birchwood, Connecticut, United States
Hiking | 2.0 miles (15.2 miles away)
Hiking | 2.0 miles (15.2 miles away)
The Brookside Trail Loop is a nice one hour or so side trail at Northwest Park.The Animal Barn and gardens are interesting, and so is the Science Center; it is geared for children, but is great for us older folks as well.They have a nice gift shop, but do not take Visa, etc.
Park on Harris Mountain Rd. Then take the Robert Frost/MM trail to the MM trailto Long Mountain. Go past to a viewpoint area. Easy hike - under 1.5 hrs.
This is the first of the 22 trails along the Hockanum River that flow into the Connecticut River.Info taken below is taken from: http://www.hockanumriverwa.org/LPCEL_WestRoad.htmFrom the trailhead, the trail follows the river downstream, mostly close to the river bank, through woodland. It comes to a bench facing the river, and then goes up a short flight of steps along a mini-hill, and then back down some more steps.At the bottom it continues along...
The entrance is by route 9 (close to house 440?) Hard to see. Park rightthere. The first part runs by a stream with many little waterfalls. Finally, at about0.4 miles there is a somewhat bigger fall. It then climbs and you end up ona wood road. There are also stone walls from abandoned houses/farms?One then walks on a ridge and then descends. The trail has been reroutedquite a bit and ends up...
