Kitchamakin Hill & Skyline Viewpoint via Skyline Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 719 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Kitchamakin Hill & Skyline Viewpoint via Skyline Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Milton, MA. The route passes Skyline Viewpoint and Kitchamakin Hill. It climbs 719 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Kitchamakin Hill & Skyline Viewpoint via Skyline Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 719 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 72–467 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.24034, -71.06949
Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 79°F / low 70° · precip 97% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Highland St stop 15 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Headquarters Path, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Skyline Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Kitchamakin Hill.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Kitchamakin Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Headquarters Path, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Highland St stop 15 m from the trailhead
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