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Blue Hills Reservation

Breakneck Ledge & Chestnut Run Path

2.8 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Breakneck Ledge & Chestnut Run Path is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route reaches Breakneck Ledge. It climbs 439 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi197 – 459 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Summit Road 42.21797, -71.11342
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
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Breakneck Ledge & Chestnut Run Path

2.8 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Elevation 198–458 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: Summit Road · 42.21797, -71.11342

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

Transit-accessible: 1904 Canton Ave @ Trailside Museum stop 487 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Puddle Path, heading NE.
  3. 100 ftSharp right onto Wolcott Path, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Border Path, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miBear right onto Jeffries Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Hill Path, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftPass Breakneck Ledge.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Breakneck Ledge Path, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear right onto Chestnut Run Path, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miReach Breakneck Ledge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Breakneck Ledge Path, heading W.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto Hill Path, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Jeffries Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Border Path, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Wolcott Path, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miSharp left onto Puddle Path, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/breakneck-ledge-chestnut-run-path-out-back-4-km-5aa1

Trail surface

51% dirt49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 1904 Canton Ave @ Trailside Museum stop 487 m from the trailhead

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