Skyline Viewpoint–Hillside Pond, 3 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 528 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Skyline Viewpoint–Hillside Pond, 3 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. The route passes Hillside Pond and Hillside Pond before reaching Skyline Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 528 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 mi108 – 433 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21817, -71.08982
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
Directions
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Skyline Viewpoint–Hillside Pond, 3 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 528 ft · 1 hr 24 min
Elevation 107–432 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.21817, -71.08982
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Hillside Pond.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Hillside Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Dot Loop, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Pipe Line, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red Dot Loop, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Skyline Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Pipe Line, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red Dot Loop, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
81% dirt5% gravel14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM
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