Boyce Hill & Hillside Pond via Dark Hollow Path
2.1 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 51 min
Boyce Hill & Hillside Pond via Dark Hollow Path is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route passes Hillside Pond and Hillside Pond before reaching Boyce Hill at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 300 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi108 – 351 ft2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21817, -71.08982
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
Directions
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Boyce Hill & Hillside Pond via Dark Hollow Path
2.1 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 51 min
Elevation 107–350 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.21817, -71.08982
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Hillside Pond.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Hillside Pond.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Dark Hollow Path, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Boyce Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 350 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
41% dirt59% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM
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