Blue Hills Reservation

Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail

2 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 49 min

Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near North Randolph, MA. It climbs 306 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 453 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hawk Hill Path 42.21134, -71.06782
Nearest town North Randolph, MA

Directions

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Buck Hill Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail

2 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 49 min

Elevation 182–453 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: Hawk Hill Path · 42.21134, -71.06782

Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 84°F / low 65° · precip 4% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 7:13 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pipe Line, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Skyline Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  7. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Buck Hill Path, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miReach Pipe Line, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 400 ftBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Dot Loop, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftBear right onto Pipe Line, heading NE.
  15. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

98% dirt2% 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 6:15 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:13 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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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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