Hancock Hill & ice pond via Breakneck Ledge Path
2.8 mi · ▲ 616 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Hancock Hill & ice pond via Breakneck Ledge Path is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route passes Hancock Hill before reaching ice pond at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 616 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi167 – 505 ft · steepest grade: 32%3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21562, -71.09199
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
Directions
AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com
Hancock Hill & ice pond via Breakneck Ledge Path
2.8 mi · ▲ 616 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 167–507 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.21562, -71.09199
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Skyline Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Hancock Hill.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Base Path, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass ice pond.
- 250 ftReach Hancock Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto North Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 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% dirt1% gravel62% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Nahanton Hill–Wampatuck Hill, 7 lakes 7.3 mi · ▲ 1,199 ft
- Blue Hills Reservation Viewpoint–Hillside Pond, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 229 ft
- Nahanton Hill–Skyline Viewpoint, 4 lakes 4.7 mi · ▲ 707 ft
- Little Blue Hill–Wolcott Hill, 6 summits 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,023 ft
- Houghton Hill & Wolcott Path 1 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Tucker Hill & Hillside Pond via Skyline Trail 1.1 mi · ▲ 197 ft
Get outside more
A wild hike near Camp Sayre, emailed to you once a week.
Hikes near Camp Sayre, Massachusetts