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Half Way Path & Wildcat Notch Trail via Accord Path is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Ponkapoag, MA. It climbs 436 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi171 – 607 ft · steepest grade: 37%2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.20718, -71.11194
Nearest town Ponkapoag, MA

Directions

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Half Way Path & Wildcat Notch Trail via Accord Path

1.9 mi · ▲ 436 ft · 51 min

Elevation 172–606 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: 42.20718, -71.11194

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 350 ftTurn right onto Accord Path, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Half Way Path, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Wildcat Notch Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miBear left onto South Skyline Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Accord Path, heading SW.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 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

37% dirt63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM

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