Blue Hills Reservation

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto North Skyline Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  6. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  7. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miPass Hillside Pond.
  11. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Dark Hollow Path, heading E.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  14. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miReach Hillside Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 0.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  18. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  21. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  27. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

35% dirt1% gravel64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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