Hancock Hill & Hillside Pond via Breakneck Ledge Path
3.8 mi · ▲ 546 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Hancock Hill & Hillside Pond via Breakneck Ledge Path is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route passes Hillside Pond and Hancock Hill. It climbs 546 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hancock Hill & Hillside Pond via Breakneck Ledge Path
3.8 mi · ▲ 546 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 185–507 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: Red Dot Loop · 42.22405, -71.07007
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Chickataubut Rd stop 73 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Dot Loop, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftPass Hillside Pond.
- 350 ftBear right onto Dark Hollow Path, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Skyline Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Hancock Hill.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Base Path, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Hancock Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto North Skyline Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dark Hollow Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Red Dot Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Chickataubut Rd stop 73 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Red Dot Loop Trailhead
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- Rattlesnake Hill–The Shield, 4 cliffs 3.7 mi · ▲ 228 ft
- Houghton's Pond–Hillside Pond, 3 lakes 3.5 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Hawk Hill Viewpoint & Pipe Line 2 mi · ▲ 299 ft
- Skyline Viewpoint–Hawk Hill Path Loop, 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 418 ft
- Buck Hill–Hillside Pond Loop, 3 summits 2.3 mi · ▲ 287 ft
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