Hillside Pond & Wolcott Path is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Readville Manor, MA. The route reaches Hillside Pond at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 357 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi200 – 358 ft4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21959, -71.11839
Nearest town Readville Manor, MA
Directions
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Hillside Pond & Wolcott Path
3.5 mi · ▲ 357 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 200–358 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.21959, -71.11839
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: 1904 Canton Ave @ Trailside Museum stop 162 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Wolcott Path, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Summit Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wolcott Path, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Hillside Pond.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dark Hollow Path, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Hillside Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wolcott Path, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Summit Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wolcott Path, heading W.
- 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
48% gravel1% dirt51% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 1904 Canton Ave @ Trailside Museum stop 162 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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