Middlesex Fells Reservation

Silver Mine Hill–Bellevue Pond, 4 sights

2.7 mi · ▲ 233 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Silver Mine Hill–Bellevue Pond, 4 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. The route passes Silver Mine Hill before reaching Bellevue Pond at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 233 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi98 – 249 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.45156, -71.10522
Nearest town Haywardville, MA

Directions

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Silver Mine Hill–Bellevue Pond, 4 sights

2.7 mi · ▲ 233 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 97–248 ft

Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation

Trailhead: 42.45156, -71.10522

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miPass Silver Mine Hill.
  7. 350 ftTurn right onto Silver Mine Path, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
  9. 200 ftTurn left onto Silver Mine Path, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Red Cross Path, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Mud Road, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miPass Bellevue Pond.
  13. 100 ftSharp right onto Skyline Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Quarry Road, heading SE.
  15. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftReach Silver Mine Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 250 ftTurn right onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
  18. 50 ftSharp left onto Mud Road, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miBear right onto Red Cross Path, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Silver Mine Path, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
  23. 150 ftBear right onto Silver Mine Path, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
  25. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  28. 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

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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