Hillside Pond via Doe Hollow Path
3.3 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Hillside Pond via Doe Hollow Path is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near North Randolph, MA. The route reaches Hillside Pond. It climbs 402 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi108 – 351 ft · steepest grade: 15%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21013, -71.06875
Nearest town North Randolph, MA
Directions
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Hillside Pond via Doe Hollow Path
3.3 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 107–351 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.21013, -71.06875
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Doe Hollow Path, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto NEMBA Bridge, heading NW.
- 0.1 miPass Hillside Pond.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Hillside Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Doe Hollow Path, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 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
58% dirt1% boardwalk41% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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