Skyline Viewpoint & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 404 ft · 50 min
Skyline Viewpoint & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near North Randolph, MA. The route reaches Skyline Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 404 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Skyline Viewpoint & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 404 ft · 50 min
Elevation 182–487 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.22297, -71.06658
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave @ Chickataubut Rd stop 385 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Loop, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftPass Skyline Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Skyline Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pipe Line, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Red Dot Loop, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave @ Chickataubut Rd stop 385 m from the trailhead
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- Hawk Hill Path–Pipe Line, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 320 ft
- Bouncing Brook Path & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 360 ft
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