Notice: At mile 2.9 of this section, where the trail formerly crossed Gulf Road, the trail now takes a left down hill on Gulf Road for about 2,000 yards before turning right into the woods and rejoining the old trail in a short distance.
An interesting walk over ridge tops and beside dancing streamlets on footpaths and old town roads long since abandoned, bordered on the West Hill area by sturdy pioneer stone walls with old cellar holes which mark the site of an old agrarian community, all now in mixed forest. Holland Glen is a steep-sided ravine with a crystal dashing stream and waterfalls, shaded by a mature hemlock stand, forever preserved by the Belchertown Historical Society.
Hikers, we have been requested by a property owner to not include their land as part of the MM Trail. The blazing in these sections have been painted over. However you are welcome to hike on this land. Signs will be posted in the future to explain the closing on the trail heads and just before you get to this land with distances. The MM trail committee is working to find new routing for the Trail and hopefully in the future we will be able to provide a continuous trail from the Conn.ecticut line to Mount Monadnock. In the meantime, if you do not feel comfortable hiking without blazing, you should skip these sections.
