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Fox Hill–Q Wall, 4 cliffs is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Milton, MA. The route passes Blue Hills Reservoir and Fox Hill before reaching Q Wall at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 368 ft. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi121 – 335 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.22807, -71.05331
Nearest town Milton, MA

Directions

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Fox Hill–Q Wall, 4 cliffs

4.1 mi · ▲ 368 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 120–334 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: 42.22807, -71.05331

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Blue Hills Reservoir.
  3. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftPass Fox Hill.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Crags Foot Path, heading E.
  9. 450 ftTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Quarries Foot Path, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 150 ftSharp left, heading W.
  18. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 450 ftPass Q Wall.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 50 ftReach Fox Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 350 ftSharp right, heading W.
  29. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading S.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading SW.
  35. 0.3 miTurn right onto Crags Foot Path, heading S.
  36. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  37. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  38. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  39. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  40. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  41. 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 surface

12% dirt88% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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