Blue Hills Reservation

Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 56 min

Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near North Randolph, MA. It climbs 260 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 453 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.20860, -71.06802
Nearest town North Randolph, MA

Directions

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Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 56 min

Elevation 182–453 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: 42.20860, -71.06802

Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 84°F / low 65° · precip 4% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:14 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Pipe Line, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miBear left onto Red Dot Loop, heading N.
  6. 500 ftReach Pipe Line, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.3 miBear left onto Buck Hill Path, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 300 ftBear left, heading SW.
  13. 100 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

FogTemperature 84°F65°
Precip4%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity56%
Rained 0.5″ yesterday (0.6″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 6:14 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:15 PM
Sat 70°62°
Sun 71°57° 15%
Mon 78°56°
Tue 79°63°
Wed 80°66° 37%
Thu 73°59° 37%

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