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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 ...
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.
Eliot Tower stands a short way from the summit of Great Blue Hill in the Blue Hills Reservation south of Boston, Massachusetts. The actual summit of the hill is occupied by the Great Blue Hill Weather Observatory, which is separated from the tower by trees. The tower is a squat square structure, 35 feet (11 m) in height, topped by a pyramidal roof.
The Blue Hills Reservation was one of its largest properties, and it became a popular destination for passive and active recreation. In order to properly manage the reservation, the MPC (which was later renamed the Metropolitan District Commission or MDC) commissioned Stickney & Austin, prominent Boston architects, to design the main elements ...
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.
The Comfort Station is located on the east side of Canton Avenue (Massachusetts Route 138) on the northwestern slope of Great Blue Hill.It is set near the parking area for the Trailside Museum, a contact facility for persons making use of the Blue Hills Reservation.