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Crags Foot Path–Old Furnace Brook Path, 3 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Milton, MA. It climbs 291 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi85 – 246 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Headquarters Path 42.22934, -71.06429
Nearest town Milton, MA

Directions

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Crags Foot Path–Old Furnace Brook Path, 3 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 86–245 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: Headquarters Path · 42.22934, -71.06429

Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 98% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave @ Eager Rd stop 556 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Headquarters Path, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftBear right onto Crags Foot Path, heading NW.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Quarries Foot Path, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miReach Crags Foot Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right onto Crags Foot Path, heading SW.
  19. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Headquarters Path, heading SE.
  22. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

60% dirt40% unspecified

Weather

Heavy rainTemperature 78°F68°
Precip98%Wind8 mphUV3Humidity74%
Rained 0.3″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 4% rain2 AM: 1% rain3 AM: 13% rain4 AM: 45% rain5 AM: 53% rain6 AM: 51% rain7 AM: 39% rain8 AM: 38% rain9 AM: 31% rain10 AM: 63% rain11 AM: 70% rain12 PM: 75% rain1 PM: 98% rain2 PM: 80% rain3 PM: 60% rain4 PM: 51% rain5 PM: 36% rain6 PM: 26% rain7 PM: 33% rain8 PM: 27% rain9 PM: 3% rain
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:03 PM
Tue 81°63°
Wed 88°64°
Thu 86°70° 17%
Fri 94°73° 26%
Sat 88°72° 43%
Sun 95°72°

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave @ Eager Rd stop 556 m from the trailhead

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