ice pond & Chestnut Run Path
2.1 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 50 min
ice pond & Chestnut Run Path is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route reaches ice pond at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It climbs 260 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi167 – 322 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.22023, -71.09173
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
Directions
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ice pond & Chestnut Run Path
2.1 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 50 min
Elevation 167–321 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.22023, -71.09173
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Chestnut Run Path, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Base Path, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 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 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Chestnut Run Path, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 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
23% dirt77% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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