Beals Loop & Boroughs Loop Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Marlborough Junction, MA. 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 ft4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31037, -71.55429
Nearest town Marlborough Junction, MA
Directions
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Beals Loop & Boroughs Loop Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 1 hr 31 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, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Beals Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 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 E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 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
12% dirt88% 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
- Bartlett Pond–Beals Loop, 4 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Little Chauncy Lake–Beals Loop, 6 sights 11.9 mi · ▲ 347 ft
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