[BACKLOG] Brookside Farm Trails (Blue Hills Reservation)

Brookside Farm Trails (Blue Hills Reservation)

Hike Type: Lollipop Figure-8
Distance: 1.4 miles
Elevation: 102 feet
Time: 28 minutes
Hiking Challenges: Blue Hills 125-Mile Challenge

The Hike

A short jaunt through some frozen woods. There isn't much to write about for this hike, aside from noting that this is clearly a lesser used area of the Blue Hills Reservation. I parked at the parking lot, walked the paved road past the co-op farm, and then did my best to find the trails. The trails were either along flooded, frozen fields or thorny urban woods with not much to see. I am curious what these trails would be like in the summer months when the plants have time to grow out. I am grateful that it was still cold enough for the ground to be frozen, because otherwise it would have been a wet end to the day. Either way, I was in an out in less than a half an hour and quickly on the way home!

Step-By-Step

• Park at parking lot, walk toward 1057.
• At 1057, first find short path that leads to private property, backtrack, and then follow the loop trail toward 1079.
• Follow the shorter route to 1077.
• At 1077, hike the remaining portion of trail back to 1079.
• Re-hike the shorter route to 1077.
• Follow road back to car.

Map of Blue Hills Reservation

Photo Album

Originally written Septermber 30th, 2022.