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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 Sep 21: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 6:45 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

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 6:45 PM

Good to know

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

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