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Crags Foot Path–Headquarters Path, 4 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. It climbs 309 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi85 – 259 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Dot Loop 42.22405, -71.07007
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA

Directions

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Crags Foot Path–Headquarters Path, 4 sights

5.3 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 86–259 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: Red Dot Loop · 42.22405, -71.07007

Weather Aug 3: Rain, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 98% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Chickataubut Rd stop 73 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Dot Loop, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Headquarters Path, heading N.
  5. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 250 ftBear right onto Crags Foot Path, heading NE.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Quarries Foot Path, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miReach Headquarters Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right onto Crags Foot Path, heading SW.
  21. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left onto Headquarters Path, heading SE.
  24. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  25. 0.6 miTurn right onto Red Dot Loop, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

RainTemperature 78°F68°
Precip98%Wind9 mphUV3Humidity74%
Rained 0.4″ 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 82°64°
Wed 89°65°
Thu 87°71° 17%
Fri 95°73° 26%
Sat 89°73° 43%
Sun 95°72°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:38 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM — 13 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Chickataubut Rd stop 73 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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