Stirrup Brook Trail & Wachusett Aqueduct Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Marlborough Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi243 – 285 ft7.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31314, -71.57011
Nearest town Marlborough Junction, MA
Directions
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Stirrup Brook Trail & Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 242–285 ft
Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 42.31314, -71.57011
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Stirrup Brook Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
43% dirt57% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 7.6 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 9.1 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 9.5 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
More from this trailhead
- Crane Swamp Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Crane Swamp Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Cedar Hill Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Cedar Hill Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Cedar Hill Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Crane Swamp Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 56 ft
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