Blue Hills Reservation

Crags Foot Path & Headquarters Path

5 mi · ▲ 265 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Crags Foot Path & Headquarters Path is a 5-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Milton, MA. It climbs 265 ft. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi105 – 230 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.24333, -71.05040
Nearest town Milton, MA

Directions

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Crags Foot Path & Headquarters Path

5 mi · ▲ 265 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 105–228 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: 42.24333, -71.05040

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:43 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  10. 0.6 miSharp right onto Headquarters Path, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miBear left onto Crags Foot Path, heading E.
  13. 0.6 miReach Headquarters Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Headquarters Path, heading NW.
  16. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  17. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  19. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  20. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  23. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  24. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  25. 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

46% dirt29% paved25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:43 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:23 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:43 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:11 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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