Blue Hills Reservation

Hemlock Road & Meadow Road

2.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 54 min

Hemlock Road & Meadow Road is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near North Randolph, MA. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi154 – 220 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ladybug Trail 42.18990, -71.07134
Nearest town North Randolph, MA

Directions

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Hemlock Road & Meadow Road

2.6 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 54 min

Elevation 153–219 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: Ladybug Trail · 42.18990, -71.07134

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ladybug Trail, heading W.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Meadow Road, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Charles L. Bowley Memorial Bridge, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Vose Path, heading W.
  5. 150 ftBear left onto Hemlock Road, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miReach Meadow Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left onto Acton Path, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Swamp Path, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Charles L. Bowley Memorial Bridge, heading NE.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pipe Line, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miSharp right onto Pequimmit Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Pasture Road, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Meadow Road, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ladybug Trail, heading SE.
  17. 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

15% dirt9% paved76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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