Wamoset Hill & Spot Pond via Crystal Spring Trail
1 mi · ▲ 131 ft · 24 min
Wamoset Hill & Spot Pond via Crystal Spring Trail is a 1-mile out-and-back in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. The route passes Spot Pond before reaching Wamoset Hill at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 131 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Wamoset Hill & Spot Pond via Crystal Spring Trail
1 mi · ▲ 131 ft · 24 min
Elevation 111–208 ft
Out & Back · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: 42.45542, -71.09108
Weather Aug 4: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 69° · precip 82% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Transit-accessible: 3 Woodland Rd stop 425 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Spot Pond.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Crystal Spring Road, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Unofficial Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Wamoset Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Crystal Spring Road, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 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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- Transit-accessible: 3 Woodland Rd stop 425 m from the trailhead
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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