Blue Hills Reservation

Skyline Viewpoint–Hawk Hill Path Loop, 4 sights

2.4 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Skyline Viewpoint–Hawk Hill Path Loop, 4 sights is a 2.4-mile loop in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route reaches Skyline Viewpoint. It climbs 418 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 433 ft · steepest grade: 26%2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Dot Loop 42.22405, -71.07007
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA

Directions

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Skyline Viewpoint–Hawk Hill Path Loop, 4 sights

2.4 mi · ▲ 418 ft · 1 hr 1 min

Elevation 182–432 ft

Loop · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: Red Dot Loop · 42.22405, -71.07007

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

Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Chickataubut Rd stop 73 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Dot Loop, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear right onto Pipe Line, heading S.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Hawk Hill Path, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Savoy Path, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Bouncing Brook Path, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 300 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  11. 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 250 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miPass Skyline Viewpoint.
  14. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.3 miBear right onto Red Dot Loop, heading W.
  16. 200 ftBear right onto Pipe Line, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Red Dot Loop, heading W.
  18. 150 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

97% dirt3% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Chickataubut Rd stop 73 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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