Wildcat Notch Trail via Half Way Path
5.3 mi · ▲ 571 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Wildcat Notch Trail via Half Way Path is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. It climbs 571 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi46 – 358 ft5.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.23608, -71.08899
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
Directions
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Wildcat Notch Trail via Half Way Path
5.3 mi · ▲ 571 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 46–359 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.23608, -71.08899
Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 97% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Skyline Trail South, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Half Way Path, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Wildcat Notch Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Wildcat Notch Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Half Way Path, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear right onto Skyline Trail South, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
RainTemperature 79°F68°
Precip97%Wind9 mphUV2Humidity74%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:03 PM
Tue
83°64°
Wed
90°65°
Thu
88°70°
17%
Fri
97°73°
26%
Sat
95°72°
43%
Sun
97°72°
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- Base Path 3 mi · ▲ 316 ft
- Border Path 4.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft
- Hillside Pond–ice pond, 4 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 492 ft
- Skyline Viewpoint–Hillside Pond, 3 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 503 ft
- M Wall–Hillside Pond, 5 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 598 ft
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