Silver Mine Hill–North Reservoir, 6 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 496 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Silver Mine Hill–North Reservoir, 6 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Winchester Highlands, MA. The route passes North Reservoir and Silver Mine Hill before reaching Bellevue Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 496 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Silver Mine Hill–North Reservoir, 6 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 496 ft · 2 hr 1 min
Elevation 67–248 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: North Border Road · 42.46813, -71.11419
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Skyline Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Reservoir Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass North Reservoir.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Chandler Road, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftPass Silver Mine Hill.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Silver Mine Path, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Silver Mine Path, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Red Cross Path, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mud Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Bellevue Pond.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Quarry Road, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Saint Denis Road, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Silver Mine Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Quarry Road, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Mud Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Red Cross Path, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Silver Mine Path, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Silver Mine Path, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Chandler Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Reservoir Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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