AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Blue Hills Reservation

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.

Elevation

0 mi66 – 466 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.22546, -71.08442
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
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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 Sep 21: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miPass Hillside Pond.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  8. 400 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miReach Skyline Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  23. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftArrive 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/fenno-peak-kitchamakin-hill-out-back-5-summits-6-km-9fb7

Trail surface

85% dirt1% gravel14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM

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