Trip report
Blue Hills Reservation Hike
Hiking/Walk DATE: 04/19/2010 - 04/19/2010
Trip/Event Location: Boston/Milton, MA
US
Trip Leader(s): JPHiker
Max # People: 15
Trip Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money
Difficulty Level: Easy to Moderate
This should be a relatively easy to moderate six mile round trip along the eastern section of the Blue Hills Reservation. We will start at the Reservation HQ on Hillside Street, and take a
...From Rt. 128/I-93, take exit 3 (Hougton's Pond), and go north about 100 yards where it will dead-end at a stop sign. Turn right onto Hillside Street, and in .25 mile you will see the parking lot for Houghton's Pond. I recommend parking here, since there isn't much parking at the HQ. From here, walk .25 mile further on Hillside Street to the Park HQ building. We will be waiting there by the road, at the trailhead to the Skyline Trail.
Trip Report/Photos
It was a great sunny and dry spring day in Boston, and with Patriots Day being a holiday in Massachusetts, eight GO members went on a great spring warm-up hike along the Skyline Ridge of Boston's Blue Hills Reservation. The group met its first challenge successfully at the start of the trip when the leader showed up 18 minutes late. Something about a "senior moment," thinking that the start up time was an hour later. In any event, this was a wonderful good natured group which even went the extra mile, literally, as we all decided to hike an extra 1.5 miles to Chickatawbut Hill, and get more exercise. The best views of the trip came on top of Buck Hill (496 ft. altitude), which gave us a totally unobstructed 360º view. We could not make out the runners of the Boston Marathon, but we could see the buildings of Boston's Back Bay, Boston Harbor, and out to the northwest, we could make out Mt. Monadnock quite clearly. Unfortunately, Chuck had to bail out early on in this hike due to a medical condition which started to act up. We missed him, but were glad that he was ok. Oh, and how can I forget to mention the two bugs who entertained us on top of Buck Hill with their romantic entanglement. It was spring time, after all....
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