Blue Hills Reservation

Wildcat Notch Trail via Half Way Path

5.3 mi · ▲ 571 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Wildcat Notch Trail via Half Way Path is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. It climbs 571 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi46 – 358 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.23608, -71.08899
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA

Directions

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Wildcat Notch Trail via Half Way Path

5.3 mi · ▲ 571 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Elevation 46–359 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: 42.23608, -71.08899

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  12. 300 ftTurn right onto Skyline Trail South, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  14. 400 ftTurn right onto Half Way Path, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Wildcat Notch Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miReach Wildcat Notch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Half Way Path, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 400 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail South, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  21. 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
  22. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  30. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

31% dirt69% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM

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