Blue Hills Hiking Trails

For our second Angels on the Trails outing we will hike one of the trails in the massive 6000 acre Blue Hills Reservation State park. Wander through shady woods on Little Blue Hills climb rocky ledges to stunning views at Quincy Quarries or bring your family on a short stroll and enjoy a swim at Houghtons Pond. Randolph the Blue Hills Reservation encompasses over 7000 acres providing the largest open space within 35 miles of Boston. Please share your own experience on your journey of hiking near Boston in the Blue Hills on our Facebook page or as a comment on each hike.

Blue Hills Trail Map Skyline Highlighted Trail Maps Map Trail

If you stay on the green dot trail youll go all around the pond.

Blue Hills Hiking Trails. More than 120 miles of trails weave through the natural fabric of forest and ponds hilltops and wetlands. Halfway up the Great Blue Hill you cross a local road. Hikers can count 22 hills in the Blue Hills chain with Great Blue Hill noted as the highest summit at 635 feet above sea level.

From here youll switch over to the Skyline Trail blue markers where it gets steep downhill with slabs rocks and stone steps. It showed up as a wide path on the trail map but was actually pretty narrow. Blue Hills Trails System.

All Trails Hunting on BHHT Lands Bagaduce River Access Blue Hill Mountain Bluff Head Preserve Carter Nature Preserve Cooper Farm at Caterpillar Hill Ferry Landing Furth Wildlife Sanctuary and Talalay Nature Sanctuary Greenbie Natural Area Hatch Cove Heart of Blue Hill Trail System. If you like hiking. Where else can you go hiking near Boston and find 125 miles of trails.

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