Contact: Blue Hills Reservation
bluehillsreservation.com is an independent informational website. We don't manage the park, issue permits or take trail reports. For anything about the park itself, contact DCR, the state agency that runs the Blue Hills Reservation, at (617) 698-1802.
Blue Hills Reservation: DCR Headquarters
- Phone: (617) 698-1802
- Address: 695 Hillside Street, Milton, MA 02186 (a quarter mile north of Houghton's Pond, beside the State Police station)
- Official website: www.mass.gov/locations/blue-hills-reservation
- Free DCR programs: (617) 698-1802, extension 4
- Accessibility questions: (617) 698-1802
- DCR community relations (comments and concerns): (617) 626-4973
Emergencies
- Emergency: 911
- Massachusetts State Police, Milton barracks: (617) 698-5840
- DCR 24-hour radio dispatch: (508) 820-1428
If you're on a trail, read the four-digit number on the nearest white intersection sign. It matches the DCR map and tells responders exactly where you are.
Places Inside the Reservation
- Houghton's Pond Recreation Area (DCR): 840 Hillside Street, Milton, MA 02186, (617) 698-1802
- Blue Hills Trailside Museum (Mass Audubon): 1904 Canton Avenue, Milton, MA 02186, 617-333-0690, bluehills@massaudubon.org
- Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center: 1 Observatory Service Road, Milton, 617-696-0562, info@bluehill.org
- Blue Hills Ski Area (private operator on DCR land): info@bluehillsboston.com
- AMC Ponkapoag Camp (cabin reservations): (781) 961-7007
- Quincy Quarries Reservation (DCR): (617) 727-4573
- Group picnic sites at Houghton's Pond: ReserveAmerica, (877) 422-6762
- Athletic field reservations: DCR, (617) 626-4913
Friends of the Blue Hills
Friends of the Blue Hills is a nonprofit volunteer group founded in the 1970s to protect and preserve the reservation. DCR's map points to it for free family events and trail maintenance volunteering: friendsofthebluehills.org or (781) 205-0479.
About This Website
Questions or corrections about this site: support@bluehillsreservation.com. We check every fact against DCR first, and we fix errors when they're pointed out. For anything park-related, use the numbers above.