Sunday’s flash hike took us to Mount Tom State Reservation in Holyoke starting on the New England Trail from parking at the upper pavilion, walk down Reservoir Road and you will see the white blaze on your left. We hiked to Goat Peak to Dry Knoll and to Eyrie House following the ridgeline on the NET. A few ups and downs on this section, a very moderate hike. We returned on a loop following the John McCool Trail to Dynamite back to Reservoir Road. The trail climbs north to the ridgeline where the Goat Peak observation tower is located with spectacular views of the Connecticut River Valley, Dry Knoll has a great view of the 0xbow, then to Mount Nonotuck, dropping down onto an old carriage road that was once used for visitors to the Eyrie House, a 19th century mountain top hotel. 3.9 mile loop.

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