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Sudbury Reservoir Watershed

Beals Loop–Boroughs Loop Trail, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Beals Loop–Boroughs Loop Trail, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Marlborough Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 56 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 338 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31212, -71.55093
Nearest town Marlborough Junction, MA
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Beals Loop–Boroughs Loop Trail, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 56 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 263–339 ft

Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: 42.31212, -71.55093

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 200 ftContinue straight onto Overlook Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Meadow Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left onto Hultman Aqueduct Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miBear left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftReach Meadow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  15. 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Beals Loop, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto Overlook Trail, heading N.
  24. 450 ftArrive 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/beals-loop-boroughs-loop-trail-out-back-4-sights-9-km-96a0

Trail surface

1% dirt99% 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.

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