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Blue Hills Reservation is a 7,000-acre (2,800 ha) state park in Norfolk County, Massachusetts in the United States. Managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation , it covers parts of Milton , Quincy , Braintree , Canton , Randolph , and Dedham .
The Blue Hills Reservation Parkways are a network of historic parkways in and around the Blue Hills Reservation, a Massachusetts state park south of Boston, Massachusetts. It consists of six roadways (in seven distinct segments) that provide circulation within the park, and that join the park to two connecting parkways, the Blue Hills Parkway ...
Furnace Brook Parkway begins at the east end of Wampatuck Road, one of the Blue Hills Reservation Parkways, located at the gated northeastern entrance to the Blue Hills Reservation at Bunker Hill Road in West Quincy. The reservation gates at this intersection are open during the day and closed from 8 PM to 7 AM.
Ponkapag Pond is a 203-acre impoundment in the Blue Hills Reservation. The pond is located on the border of Canton and Randolph, Massachusetts about a half mile south of Route 128 and a half mile east of Route 138. It has a maximum depth of seven feet and an average depth of four feet.
The parkway is a connecting road between the Blue Hills Reservation and the Neponset River Reservation, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1] The parkway's northern terminus is a six-way intersection in southern Mattapan, a neighborhood in the far south of Boston.
This opened up new sections of rock to climbers, and the site was subsequently improved to encourage public use of the reservation. [9] The reservation is connected to the trail system of the Blue Hills Reservation and features hiking, rock climbing and views of the Boston skyline. [2]
Blue Hills Ski Area is located on the western face of Great Blue Hill in Canton, Massachusetts. [1] This land is part of the Blue Hills Reservation, a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Blue Hills has eight trails covering a vertical drop of 309 feet (94 m).
Great Blue Hill, and the Blue Hills Reservation in general, is a popular hiking destination, valued as much for its splendid trails and views as for its proximity to the metropolitan area. There is also alpine skiing available at Blue Hills Ski Area , consisting of eight trails served by a double chair and two surface lifts.