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Blue Hills Reservation

ice pond via Skyline Trail South

3.7 mi · ▲ 426 ft · 1 hr 27 min

ice pond via Skyline Trail South is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Ponkapoag, MA. The route reaches ice pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 426 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi167 – 358 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.20834, -71.10440
Nearest town Ponkapoag, MA
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ice pond via Skyline Trail South

3.7 mi · ▲ 426 ft · 1 hr 27 min

Elevation 167–359 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: 42.20834, -71.10440

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Skyline Trail South, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miReach ice pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  14. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  15. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ice-pond-ice-pond-out-back-6-km-da2b

Trail surface

37% dirt63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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