Hillside Pond & Chestnut Run Path
5.1 mi · ▲ 943 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Hillside Pond & Chestnut Run Path is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Milton, MA. The route reaches Hillside Pond. It climbs 943 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi184 – 466 ft · steepest grade: 21%6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.22609, -71.05943
Nearest town Milton, MA
Directions
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Hillside Pond & Chestnut Run Path
5.1 mi · ▲ 943 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 185–465 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.22609, -71.05943
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftPass Hillside Pond.
- 350 ftBear right onto Dark Hollow Path, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto North Skyline Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Chestnut Run Path, heading N.
- 350 ftReach Hillside Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto North Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dark Hollow Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 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
61% dirt5% gravel34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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