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Sanger Conservation Area

Bay Colony Rail Trail & Donelly's Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 167 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Bay Colony Rail Trail & Donelly's Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Sanger Conservation Area near Medfield Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 167 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi135 – 279 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 42.19959, -71.32564
Nearest town Medfield Junction, MA
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Bay Colony Rail Trail & Donelly's Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 167 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 135–278 ft

Out & Back · Sanger Conservation Area

Trailhead: connector · 42.19959, -71.32564

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 83°F / low 63° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:02 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bay Colony Rail Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 100 ftSharp left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hunt Drive Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Donelly's Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.8 miReach Bay Colony Rail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.8 miTurn right onto Hunt Drive Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miSharp right, heading S.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  18. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bay Colony Rail Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bay-colony-rail-trail-out-back

Trail surface

88% dirt12% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 83°F63°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity79%
Rained 0.7″ yesterday (1.3″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:02 PM
Wed 85°63°
Thu 85°69° 30%
Fri 96°72° 29%
Sat 93°71° 35%
Sun 96°70° 16%
Mon 96°74° 16%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:48 PM for the 8:02 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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