Split Rock via Crystal Spring Trail
1 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 23 min
Split Rock via Crystal Spring Trail is a 1-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. The route reaches Split Rock at the turnaround, 0.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 86 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 mi · ▲ 86 ft · 23 min
Elevation 101–214 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: Crystal Spring Trail · 42.45723, -71.08644
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Transit-accessible: Wyoming Ave @ Fellsway E stop 306 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Crystal Spring Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Crystal Spring Road, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left onto Crystal Spring Path, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miPass Split Rock.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Whip Hill Path, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto orange trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Whip Hill Path, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Crystal Spring Path, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Cross Path, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Crystal Spring Road, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Crystal Spring Trail, 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Wyoming Ave @ Fellsway E stop 306 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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