ice pond & Border Path via Wolcott Path is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Readville Manor, MA. The route reaches ice pond at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 244 ft of elevation gain. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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ice pond & Border Path via Wolcott Path
3.3 mi · ▲ 244 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 167–329 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.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Border Path, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach ice pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Wolcott Path, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Summit Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wolcott Path, heading NW.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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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