Skyline Viewpoint & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 47 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, 0.7 miles in. It climbs 285 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Skyline Viewpoint & Pipe Line via Skyline Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 47 min
Elevation 182–432 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.21013, -71.06875
Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 98% · wind 12 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pipe Line, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bouncing Brook Path, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Skyline Viewpoint.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Red Dot Loop, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Pipe Line, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftArrive 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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