AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Middlesex Fells Reservation

Crystal Spring Trail

3 mi · ▲ 323 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Crystal Spring Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. It climbs 323 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi92 – 279 ft3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Whip Hill Path 42.46373, -71.08227
Nearest town Haywardville, MA
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Crystal Spring Trail

3 mi · ▲ 323 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 91–277 ft

Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation

Trailhead: Whip Hill Path · 42.46373, -71.08227

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Walton Pk @ Orris St stop 700 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Crystal Spring Path, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  10. 500 ftTurn left onto Wyoming Path, heading S.
  11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Reservoir Access Road, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  13. 200 ftContinue straight onto Rock Circuit Connector, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Jerry Jingle Road, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Rock Circuit Connector, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right onto Reservoir Access Road, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wyoming Path, heading NW.
  19. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
  21. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading NW.
  24. 250 ftTurn right onto Pipe Line Road, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading N.
  26. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crystal Spring Path, heading W.
  28. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  29. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/crystal-spring-trail-out-back-5-km-febb

Trail surface

62% dirt17% gravel21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: Walton Pk @ Orris St stop 700 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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