Crags Foot Path–Headquarters Path, 4 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Blue Hills Reservation near Camp Sayre, MA. It climbs 309 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi85 – 259 ft5.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red Dot Loop 42.22405, -71.07007
Nearest town Camp Sayre, MA
Directions
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Crags Foot Path–Headquarters Path, 4 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 309 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 86–259 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hills Reservation
Trailhead: Red Dot Loop · 42.22405, -71.07007
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Chickataubut Rd stop 73 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Dot Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Headquarters Path, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Crags Foot Path, heading NE.
- 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 Headquarters Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Sawcut Notch Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Furnace Brook Path, heading S.
- 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.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Red Dot Loop, heading SW.
- 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
67% dirt33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 6:47 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:05 PM — 10 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Randolph Ave and Chickataubut Rd stop 73 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via Headquarters Path
- 5.2 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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