Hillside Pond via North Skyline Trail
3 mi · ▲ 622 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Hillside Pond via North Skyline Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route reaches Hillside Pond. It climbs 622 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi108 – 430 ft · steepest grade: 26%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.22023, -71.09173
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
Directions
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Hillside Pond via North Skyline Trail
3 mi · ▲ 622 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 107–431 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.22023, -71.09173
Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 97% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto North Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Hillside Pond.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dark Hollow Path, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Hillside Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Skyline Trail, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 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
35% dirt1% gravel64% unspecified
Weather
RainTemperature 78°F68°
Precip97%Wind9 mphUV2Humidity75%
Rained 0.6″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:03 PM
Tue
84°64°
Wed
84°65°
Thu
88°70°
18%
Fri
97°73°
26%
Sat
94°72°
43%
Sun
97°72°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Boyce Hill & Hillside Pond via Dark Hollow Path 2.1 mi · ▲ 300 ft
- ice pond & Chestnut Run Path 2.1 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Hemenway Hill–Jeffries Trail, 3 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 600 ft
- Skyline Viewpoint–Hillside Pond, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 528 ft
- The Crags–Hillside Pond, 4 lakes 7.5 mi · ▲ 751 ft
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