Braintree Triangle (Blue Hills Reservation)

Braintree Triangle (Blue Hills Reservation)

Hike Type: Lollipop Loop w/ Loop

Distance: 1.62  miles

Elevation: 46 feet

My Time: 29 minutes

Book Time: 49 minutes

Parking: Room for 4-5 cars at trailhead.
Hiking Challenges: Trail Trace the Blue Hills

The Hike 

Now it's 5:40pm the day after Memorial Day. I just had a very successful hike of the quarries, and I'm officially on my final hike of my Trail Trace the Blue Hills Patch! I hiked the bit of Old 128 to the right of the parking area, and then worked my way onto the Hemlock Path, where the robins were cheering me on. I was feeling slightly miserable from the wet cotton as I collected more and more spiderwebs, but there was a nice breeze keeping an ounce of life in me. 

On the return from Hemlock, I noticed that my watch was frozen? I had to do a soft reset (for the first time) to get it to unfreeze. When it was back on, I restarted my activity, but it wasn't tracking distnace or elevation... Naturally the final hike of my map wouldn't have a Garmin map... Literally fine, just annoying!

I made my way onto the Braintree Pass Path and enjoyed seeing across the highway to the other side - I always love imaginging what it was like pre-93. I finished the little loop and had a nice walk back along Old Route 128. I noticed 5614 was still marked in-person for the Laurel Path, but it is not on the most recent DCR map. Just when I was getting mopey about still walking, I remembered that I officially completed my map! This marks the fourth time I've hiked all the trails (twice for the Friends of Blue Hills patches and once for a Winter Trace). I'll definitely be taking a sick day tomorrow to celebrate...!

Step-by-Step

- Park at 5620.

- Start hike turning right on Old Route 128.

- At West Street, turn around.

- At 5620, turn right onto Hemlock Path.

- At terminus, turn around.

- At 5620, turn right onto Old Route 128.

- At 5611, turn right onto Braintree Pass Path.

- At 5610, turn left onto Winnemoiset Path.

- At 5600, turn left onto Old Route 128.

- Follow Old Route 128 to car: Trail Trace complete!

Blue Hills Reservation Map

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