Crystal Spring Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 344 ft · 52 min
Crystal Spring Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. It climbs 344 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Crystal Spring Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 344 ft · 52 min
Elevation 91–257 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: 42.44951, -71.08819
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 67° · precip 82% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Transit-accessible: 3 Woodland Rd stop 280 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pipe Line Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crystal Spring Path, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Whip Hill Path, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Crystal Spring Path, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Pipe Line Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: 3 Woodland Rd stop 280 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Melrose Rock–Middlesex Fells Reservation Viewpoint, 3 summits 1.1 mi · ▲ 92 ft
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