QuincyMA GraniteRailwayBed1.jpg
Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Elevation

0 mi85 – 246 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Headquarters Path 42.22934, -71.06429
Nearest town Milton, MA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

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

  1. Start on Headquarters Path, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftBear right onto Crags Foot Path, heading NW.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left onto Quarries Foot Path, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miReach Crags Foot Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right onto Crags Foot Path, heading SW.
  19. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Headquarters Path, heading SE.
  22. 250 ftBear left, heading SW.
  23. 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.

Trail surface

60% dirt40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM

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.

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave @ Eager Rd stop 556 m from the trailhead

Other ways to reach this destination

More from Headquarters Path Trailhead