Rock Circuit Trail via Crystal Spring Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 56 min
Rock Circuit Trail via Crystal Spring Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. It climbs 259 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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Rock Circuit Trail via Crystal Spring Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 259 ft · 56 min
Elevation 91–240 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: Whip Hill Path · 42.46373, -71.08227
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 67° · precip 80% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:40 AM · sunset 8:02 PM
Transit-accessible: Walton Pk @ Orris St stop 700 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Crystal Spring Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Crystal Spring Road, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wyoming Path, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Rock Circuit Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftReach Rock Circuit Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Wyoming Path, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn 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 NW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Walton Pk @ Orris St stop 700 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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