Acorn Trail & Woodchuck Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Great Brook Farm State Park near South Chelmsford, MA. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi164 – 230 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.55536, -71.35722
Nearest town South Chelmsford, MA
Directions
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Acorn Trail & Woodchuck Trail
3 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 3 min
Elevation 165–228 ft
Out & Back · Great Brook Farm State Park
Trailhead: 42.55536, -71.35722
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Acorn Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lantern Loop, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Cow Path, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Lantern Loop, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Litchfield Loop, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto East Farm Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Woodchuck Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Acorn Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftSharp right onto East Farm Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Litchfield Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lantern Loop, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
4% paved96% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:03 PM
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