Bear Hill–Silver Mine Hill, 7 sights
5 mi · ▲ 568 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Bear Hill–Silver Mine Hill, 7 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Stoneham, MA. The route passes Bear Hill, North Reservoir and Silver Mine Hill before reaching Bellevue Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 568 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bear Hill–Silver Mine Hill, 7 sights
5 mi · ▲ 568 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 67–308 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: Dike Road · 42.46832, -71.10744
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 77°F / low 69° · precip 79% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Transit-accessible: Main St @ Graystone Rd stop 587 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Dike Road, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto UNAUTHORIZED, DO NOT USE, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Bear Hill.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bear Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right onto Reservoir Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass North Reservoir.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Chandler Road, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftPass Silver Mine Hill.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Silver Mine Path, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Silver Mine Path, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Red Cross Path, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mud Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Bellevue Pond.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Skyline Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Quarry Road, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Saint Denis Road, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Bear Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Quarry Road, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Mud Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Red Cross Path, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Silver Mine Path, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Silver Mine Path, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Chandler Road, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Reservoir Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Bear Hill Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left onto UNAUTHORIZED, DO NOT USE, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Dike Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Main St @ Graystone Rd stop 587 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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