(Hike) Summit House: J.A. Skinner State Park (.NET)

9 am start time
Lets take a hike along the New England Trail!
Hiking experience or a sense of adventure would be helpful.

Parking: 39 Old Mountain Road, Hadley
For much of the nineteenth century, the Mt. Holyoke summit was among the region's most popular destinations. First came artists, such as Thomas Cole, who painted a famous picture of the Connecticut River "Oxbow" in 1836. Writers were also inspired by the panorama of mountains, valley, fields, towns, river, and sky. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Emily Dickinson were among the many writers who visited the summit. And now, brought to you from social 55 anyone who has the legs, the will power, or sense of adventure may experience the same breath taking views and ambiance!

• Sturdy footwear, hiking poles might be helful.
• There will be a few scrambles which basically means we are actually hiking. Scrambles are tiny little outcrops of stone or ledge that we would need to maneuver either up or down on the trail.
• We stay on the trail.
• Approximately 1 hour to climb to top. (1.7 miles)
• 3.5 miles total.
• We will hike back down via halfway house and devils football. (mega-huge stone that fell from a volcano couple thousand or so years ago.)

Interesting History
Meet at the main yellow-gate. (please do not drive up the road) I believe there are some port-oh-potties near by. Parking is along the road.