Burnt Hill & Hillside Pond via Dark Hollow Path
3 mi · ▲ 316 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Burnt Hill & Hillside Pond via Dark Hollow Path is a 3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route passes Hillside Pond before reaching Burnt Hill at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 316 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Burnt Hill & Hillside Pond via Dark Hollow Path
3 mi · ▲ 316 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 65–331 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.22695, -71.08564
Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 97% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Hillside Pond.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Dark Hollow Path, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Burnt Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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