Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail
2 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 49 min
Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near North Randolph, MA. It climbs 306 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi180 – 453 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hawk Hill Path 42.21134, -71.06782
Nearest town North Randolph, MA
Directions
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Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail
2 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 49 min
Elevation 182–453 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: Hawk Hill Path · 42.21134, -71.06782
Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 98% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pipe Line, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Buck Hill Path, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Pipe Line, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Dot Loop, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Pipe Line, heading NE.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
RainTemperature 78°F68°
Precip98%Wind12 mphUV3Humidity73%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:03 PM
Tue
82°64°
Wed
88°64°
Thu
86°70°
18%
Fri
95°73°
26%
Sat
89°72°
43%
Sun
95°72°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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