Refuge Brook At Holyoke Community College LbNA #11111 (ARCHIVED)

From I-91: Take Exit 16 to Route 202. Go South on Route 202 for 0.8 mile to campus. Park in the visitor parking lot to the left of the Frost Building. Walk in the direction of the water fountain. Follow the road about half way down the hill. On the right there will be a sign for the Main Enterance of the Natural Refuge & Trail System. Follow the Yellow blazes. You will pass a sign for The Ridgeview. Keep going on that path for another five minutes. You will come to a twin split birch tree with a sign for the Refuge Brook. Go straight down the hill. To the right there will be a big fallen birch tree. Find your treasure at the base of that tree under a pile of rocks. Continue on the trail and it will loop around to the begining of the trail head.