Beals Loop–Bobolink Trail, 5 sights
3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Beals Loop–Bobolink Trail, 5 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Marlborough Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beals Loop–Bobolink Trail, 5 sights
3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 263–333 ft
Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 42.31032, -71.56766
Weather Sep 20: Drizzle, high 62°F / low 50° · precip 53% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Hultman Aqueduct Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Meadow Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Boroughs Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Bobolink Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Beals Loop, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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