Pakomet Spring–Hillside Pond, 4 sights
6.2 mi · ▲ 752 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Pakomet Spring–Hillside Pond, 4 sights is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route passes Hillside Pond before reaching Pakomet Spring at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It climbs 752 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pakomet Spring–Hillside Pond, 4 sights
6.2 mi · ▲ 752 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Elevation 46–453 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.23324, -71.09377
Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 97% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miPass Hillside Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pipe Line, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Hawk Hill Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Savoy Path, heading S.
- 400 ftReach Pakomet Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hawk Hill Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Pipe Line, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 150 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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- Base Path 2.4 mi · ▲ 250 ft
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