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Crags Foot Path–Old Furnace Brook Path, 3 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Milton, MA. It climbs 313 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi72 – 197 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.24034, -71.06949
Nearest town Milton, MA

Directions

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Crags Foot Path–Old Furnace Brook Path, 3 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 313 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 72–197 ft

Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation

Trailhead: 42.24034, -71.06949

Weather Aug 3: Rain, high 79°F / low 70° · precip 97% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Highland St stop 15 m from the trailhead

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

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

RainTemperature 79°F70°
Precip97%Wind9 mphUV3Humidity75%
Rained 0.4″ 5 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 4% rain2 AM: 1% rain3 AM: 12% rain4 AM: 43% rain5 AM: 54% rain6 AM: 52% rain7 AM: 41% rain8 AM: 39% rain9 AM: 30% rain10 AM: 63% rain11 AM: 73% rain12 PM: 76% rain1 PM: 97% rain2 PM: 79% rain3 PM: 60% rain4 PM: 51% rain5 PM: 37% rain6 PM: 27% rain7 PM: 34% rain8 PM: 27% rain9 PM: 3% rain
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 and Highland St stop 15 m from the trailhead

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