Blue Hills Reservation

Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 56 min

Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near North Randolph, MA. It climbs 260 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 453 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.20860, -71.06802
Nearest town North Randolph, MA

Directions

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Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 56 min

Elevation 182–453 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: 42.20860, -71.06802

Weather Aug 3: Rain, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 98% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Pipe Line, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miBear left onto Red Dot Loop, heading N.
  6. 500 ftReach Pipe Line, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miBear left onto Buck Hill Path, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
  13. 100 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 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 surface

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

RainTemperature 78°F68°
Precip98%Wind12 mphUV3Humidity73%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 4% rain2 AM: 1% rain3 AM: 13% rain4 AM: 47% rain5 AM: 52% rain6 AM: 50% rain7 AM: 37% rain8 AM: 37% rain9 AM: 33% rain10 AM: 62% rain11 AM: 68% rain12 PM: 73% rain1 PM: 98% rain2 PM: 81% rain3 PM: 60% rain4 PM: 50% rain5 PM: 35% rain6 PM: 26% rain7 PM: 31% rain8 PM: 28% rain9 PM: 4% rain
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°

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