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Sudbury Reservoir Watershed

Beals Loop & Boroughs Loop Trail via Cedar Hill Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Beals Loop & Boroughs Loop Trail via Cedar Hill Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near West Village, MA. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 299 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31805, -71.59298
Nearest town West Village, MA
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Beals Loop & Boroughs Loop Trail via Cedar Hill Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 263–299 ft

Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: 42.31805, -71.59298

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftBear left onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading S.
  3. 250 ftTurn left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  8. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Beals Loop, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miReach Boroughs Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  16. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 150 ftContinue straight onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading N.
  22. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  23. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beals-loop-boroughs-loop-trail-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

14% dirt86% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 5:43 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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