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Blue Hills Reservation

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.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 433 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.21013, -71.06875
Nearest town North Randolph, MA
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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 Sep 21: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Pipe Line, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bouncing Brook Path, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  6. 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 250 ftBear left onto Skyline Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miPass Skyline Viewpoint.
  11. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Red Dot Loop, heading W.
  13. 250 ftSharp left onto Pipe Line, heading NW.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/skyline-viewpoint-pipe-line-out-back-3-km-d8b5

Trail surface

98% dirt2% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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