Split Rock via Crystal Spring Trail
1.8 mi · ▲ 212 ft · 42 min
Split Rock via Crystal Spring Trail is a 1.8-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. The route reaches Split Rock at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 212 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Split Rock via Crystal Spring Trail
1.8 mi · ▲ 212 ft · 42 min
Elevation 91–246 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: 42.44961, -71.08615
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: 3 Woodland Rd stop 385 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pipe Line Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Crystal Spring Road, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Crystal Spring Path, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Split Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Crystal Spring Road, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Pipe Line Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Transit-accessible: 3 Woodland Rd stop 385 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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