Whip Hill & Crystal Spring Trail Loop
1 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 23 min
Whip Hill & Crystal Spring Trail Loop is a 1-mile loop in Middlesex Fells Reservation near Haywardville, MA. The route reaches Whip Hill. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Whip Hill & Crystal Spring Trail Loop
1 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 23 min
Elevation 157–235 ft
Loop · Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trailhead: Crystal Spring Trail · 42.46300, -71.09032
Weather Aug 3: Heavy rain, high 76°F / low 69° · precip 82% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:39 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Transit-accessible: Pond St opp Stone Zoo stop 110 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Crystal Spring Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Whip Hill Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Saddleback Path, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cross Path, heading SE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cross Path, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Crystal Spring Path, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftPass Whip Hill.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Whip Hill Path, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Crystal Spring Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miThe loop closes 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: Pond St opp Stone Zoo stop 110 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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