Skyline Viewpoint & Hillside Pond
4.7 mi · ▲ 666 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Skyline Viewpoint & Hillside Pond is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route passes Hillside Pond before reaching Skyline Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 666 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Skyline Viewpoint & Hillside Pond
4.7 mi · ▲ 666 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 65–465 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.22546, -71.08442
Weather Aug 3: Rain, high 79°F / low 70° · precip 98% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Hillside Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Skyline Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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