Bartlett Pond–Beals Loop, 4 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Marlborough Junction, MA. The route reaches Bartlett Pond at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi262 – 302 ft7.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31037, -71.55429
Nearest town Marlborough Junction, MA
Directions
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Bartlett Pond–Beals Loop, 4 sights
7.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Elevation 263–303 ft
Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 42.31037, -71.55429
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Beals Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miReach Bartlett Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Beals Loop, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn 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.
Trail surface
45% dirt55% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:43 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:04 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:35 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Beals Loop–Boroughs Loop Trail, 3 sights 6 mi · ▲ 171 ft
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