Crags Foot Path–Old Furnace Brook Path, 3 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Milton, MA. It climbs 291 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Crags Foot Path–Old Furnace Brook Path, 3 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 291 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 86–245 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: Headquarters Path · 42.22934, -71.06429
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave @ Eager Rd stop 556 m from the trailhead
- Start on Headquarters Path, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Crags Foot Path, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Quarries Foot Path, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Crags Foot Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Crags Foot Path, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Headquarters Path, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:27 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:47 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave @ Eager Rd stop 556 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
- 5.3 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
- 6.5 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
- 6.7 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
- 6.8 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
- 7.4 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
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