Best hikes in Blue Hills Reservation

Ambleway maps 62 hikes in Blue Hills Reservation, from a 0.9-mile walk to a 12-mile day out. 6 of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Hawk Hill Viewpoint & Hawk Hill Path via Bouncing Brook Path. The biggest climb is Little Blue Hill–Wolcott Hill, 10 summits, gaining 1,744 ft, and the network tops out at 625 ft. 22 start within walking range of public transit.

• Blue Hills Reservoir & Crags Foot Path Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 182 ft
• Breakneck Ledge–Border Path, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 282 ft
• Hancock Hill & ice pond via Breakneck Ledge Path 2.8 mi · ▲ 616 ft
• Hawk Hill Viewpoint & Hawk Hill Path via Bouncing Brook Path 2.8 mi · ▲ 405 ft
• Hemenway Hill–Jeffries Trail, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 600 ft
• Wolcott Path 3.2 mi · ▲ 342 ft

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• Breeze Hill Loop via Tucker Hill Path 0.9 mi · ▲ 112 ft
• Pakomet Spring–Hawk Hill Path, 3 sights 1 mi · ▲ 207 ft
• Rattlesnake Hill–Skyline Viewpoint Loop, 5 lakes 1.4 mi · ▲ 225 ft
• Ponkapoag Pond–Duck Pond Loop, 5 sights 1.5 mi · ▲ 85 ft
• Babel Rock & Saint Moritz Pond via Skyline Trail 1.6 mi · ▲ 205 ft
• Nahanton Hill–Skyline Viewpoint Loop, 3 summits 1.7 mi · ▲ 208 ft
• Fenno Peak–Chickatawbut Hill Loop, 3 summits 1.8 mi · ▲ 286 ft
• Pasture Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
• Buck Hill–Burnt Hill Loop, 3 summits 1.9 mi · ▲ 272 ft
• Skyline Viewpoint & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 404 ft
• Pipe Line 1.9 mi · ▲ 27 ft
• Path Continues–Skyline Trail South Loop, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 436 ft
• Wannamanhut Path 1.9 mi · ▲ 29 ft
• Quarries Foot Path 1.9 mi · ▲ 384 ft
• Little Dome–Blue Hills Reservoir Loop, 3 summits 1.9 mi · ▲ 206 ft
• Boyce Hill–Buck Hill Loop, 3 summits 1.9 mi · ▲ 336 ft
• Burnt Hill & angry tree stump man Loop via Blue Hill River Road 2 mi · ▲ 229 ft
• Duck Pond–Fishermans Beach, 3 beaches 2 mi · ▲ 29 ft
• ice pond & Chestnut Run Path 2.1 mi · ▲ 260 ft
• Wampatuck Hill–Blue Hills Reservoir Loop, 3 lakes 2.2 mi · ▲ 285 ft
• Skyline Viewpoint–Saint Moritz Pond, 4 lakes 2.2 mi · ▲ 191 ft
• Wildcat Notch Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 520 ft
• Skyline Viewpoint–Hawk Hill Path Loop, 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 418 ft
• Coon Hollow Path & Half Way Path Loop via Accord Path 2.4 mi · ▲ 587 ft
• Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 260 ft
• Buck Hill Path 2.4 mi · ▲ 447 ft
• Base Path 2.4 mi · ▲ 250 ft
• Wildcat Notch Trail via Half Way Path 2.5 mi · ▲ 285 ft
• Great Blue Hill–Houghton's Pond, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 844 ft
• Saint Moritz Pond–Kayla's Pond, 4 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 145 ft
• Kitchamakin Hill Loop via Skyline Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 367 ft
• Hemlock Road & Meadow Road 2.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft
• Houghton Hill & Coon Hollow Path via Wolcott Path 2.6 mi · ▲ 468 ft
• Fishermans Beach & Meadow Road via Acton Path 2.7 mi · ▲ 82 ft
• Ponkapoag Golf Course–Ponkapoag Pond, 4 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 57 ft
• Chestnut Run Path 3.3 mi · ▲ 476 ft
• Bouncing Brook Path Loop 3.3 mi · ▲ 295 ft
• Border Path 3.4 mi · ▲ 287 ft
• Houghton's Pond–Hillside Pond, 3 lakes 3.5 mi · ▲ 163 ft
• Hillside Pond & Wolcott Path 3.5 mi · ▲ 357 ft
• Skyline Trail South 3.8 mi · ▲ 398 ft
• Red Dot Loop 4 mi · ▲ 585 ft
• Blue Hills Reservation Viewpoint–Hillside Pond, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 229 ft
• Skyline Viewpoint & Hillside Pond 4.7 mi · ▲ 666 ft
• Crags Foot Path–Old Furnace Brook Path, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 313 ft
• Tucker Hill–Hillside Pond Loop, 3 summits 5 mi · ▲ 579 ft
• Crags Foot Path–Headquarters Path, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 309 ft
• Skyline Viewpoint & Blue Hills Reservoir 5.5 mi · ▲ 549 ft
• Kayla's Pond–Buck Hill Path, 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 337 ft
• Fox Hill–Blue Hills Reservoir, 5 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 616 ft
• The Crags–Houghton's Pond, 7 lakes 8.4 mi · ▲ 562 ft
• Little Blue Hill–Wolcott Hill, 10 summits 8.4 mi · ▲ 1,744 ft
• J Wall–K Wall, 6 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 550 ft
• Q Wall–R Wall, 8 sights 10.9 mi · ▲ 726 ft