Mount Holyoke College--Upper Pond

Tips for Birding

Street parking is available on Woodbridge Street (Also known as MA-116). There is also temporary day time parking and an Electric Vehicle charging station at The Village Commons.

About Mount Holyoke College

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Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters Colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States.

The 800-acre campus was designed and landscaped between 1896 and 1922 by the landscape architecture firm of Olmsted and Sons. The campus includes a botanic garden, two lakes, several waterfalls, tennis courts, stables, and woodland riding trails. It is also home to the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. 

The campus trail system grants access to the various ecological sites located within Mount Holyoke’s campus living laboratory and provides students and the larger community with miles of trails for both recreation and learning. Several of the trails feature interpretive sites ranging from Prospect Hill’s historical conversion from parkland to forest, to the water quality and wetland restoration story along the Upper Lake loop.

Features

  • Restrooms on site

  • Wheelchair accessible trail

  • Entrance fee

Content from Mount Holyoke College Official Website, Mount Holyoke College Campus Trails webpage, and Noah Henkenius

Last updated January 6, 2024