Crags Foot Path–Old Furnace Brook Path, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Milton, MA. It climbs 298 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi56 – 197 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.23553, -71.06917
Nearest town Milton, MA
Directions
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Crags Foot Path–Old Furnace Brook Path, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 298 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 54–197 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: 42.23553, -71.06917
Weather Aug 4: Rain, high 79°F / low 70° · precip 97% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave @ Ridgewood Rd stop 36 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Crags Foot Path, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Quarries Foot Path, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Crags Foot Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Crags Foot Path, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 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
RainTemperature 79°F70°
Precip97%Wind9 mphUV3Humidity75%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65°
Sunrise 5:40 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:03 PM
Tue
85°65°
Wed
85°65°
Thu
87°71°
26%
Fri
95°74°
29%
Sat
89°73°
37%
Sun
96°73°
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave @ Ridgewood Rd stop 36 m from the trailhead
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