AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Blue Hills Reservation

Hawk Hill Viewpoint & Hillside Pond via Skyline Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 856 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Hawk Hill Viewpoint & Hillside Pond via Skyline Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route passes Hillside Pond before reaching Hawk Hill Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 856 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi46 – 453 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.23356, -71.09090
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
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Hawk Hill Viewpoint & Hillside Pond via Skyline Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 856 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Elevation 46–453 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: 42.23356, -71.09090

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.5 miPass Hillside Pond.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 100 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miSharp right onto Hawk Hill Path, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftReach Hawk Hill Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 200 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  24. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  26. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  30. 400 ftBear right, heading W.
  31. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  32. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  34. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hawk-hill-viewpoint-hillside-pond-out-back-3-lakes-7-km-3e07

Trail surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

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