Skyline, Reservoir, Molly's Spring Loop via Long Pond Parking (Middlesex Fells Reservation)
Hike Type: -Oo- Loop
Distance: 2.24 miles
Elevation: 220 feet
Time: 45 minutes
Hiking Challenges: 52 Hike Challenge 2026
Hiking Challenges: 52 Hike Challenge 2026
The Hike
It's concert day! Whenever I have a day where I need to be at school at night, I try to get at least a little bit of time in in the Fells to get out of the building and get outside. It was 26 degrees out with a nice little snowpack (I probably should have brought spikes with me) and I didn't have much of a plan at all! I started on Molly's Spring Road and turned onto the Skyline Trail, mostly because I needed to pee! The Skyline Trail was less packed down, but still fine for bare boots. I accidentally got off of the Skyline Trail at one point and landed on the possible closed to public use West Dam Road, but it was pretty! I jumped onto the Reservoir Trail/Mountain Bike Loop for a bit and continued to hike out, and then I found out a plumber came to my apartment and made an absolute mess AND the pianist for my chours got sick... The stress had arrived! I turned around and made my return trip on the Reservoir Trail to Molly's Spring so I could get back to school and start solving problems. Thankfully, I heard an owl hoo-ing to cheer me on, which did lift my spirits!
Step-by-Step
- Park at Long Pond Parking Area.
- Start hike on Molly's Spring Road.
- At B4-4, turn right onto Skyline Trail.
- At B4-13, accidentally turn left and follow mapped, and then unmapped path to West Dam Road.
- At West Dam Road, turn right.
- Realize you are on West Dam Road, and then merge right onto Reservoir Trail.
- At Gate 12, turn around.
- At B5-4, continue on Mountain Bike Trail.
- At next jct., continue straight onto Reservoir Trail.
- At B4-6, turn left onto Molly's Spring Road.
- Return to car.
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