Hillside Pond–ice pond, 4 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 492 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Hillside Pond–ice pond, 4 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route passes ice pond and Hillside Pond. It climbs 492 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi46 – 420 ft5.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.23608, -71.08899
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
Directions
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Hillside Pond–ice pond, 4 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 492 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 46–421 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.23608, -71.08899
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miPass ice pond.
- 50 ftReach Hillside Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Base Path, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Breakneck Ledge Path, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Wolcott Path, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Hillside Pond.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dark Hollow Path, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
32% dirt5% gravel63% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM
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- M Wall–Hillside Pond, 5 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 598 ft
- Border Path 4.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft
- Base Path 3 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Wildcat Notch Trail via Half Way Path 5.3 mi · ▲ 571 ft
- Skyline Viewpoint–Hillside Pond, 3 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 503 ft
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