Crystal Spring Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 348 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Crystal Spring Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. It climbs 348 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi92 – 279 ft4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.46795, -71.08471
Nearest town Haywardville, MA
Directions
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Crystal Spring Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 348 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 91–277 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: 42.46795, -71.08471
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Walton Pk @ Orris St stop 706 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto blue trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Crystal Spring Path, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Crystal Spring Road, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Wyoming Path, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Reservoir Access Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Rock Circuit Connector, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Jerry Jingle Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rock Circuit Connector, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Reservoir Access Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wyoming Path, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Pipe Line Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Crystal Spring Road, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left onto Crystal Spring Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto orange trail, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto blue trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
63% dirt15% gravel5% paved17% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: Walton Pk @ Orris St stop 706 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Crystal Spring Trail
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- 2 mi · out & back · via Crystal Spring Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Crystal Spring Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Crystal Spring Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Crystal Spring Trail
- 2.2 mi · out & back · via Crystal Spring Trail
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