Boroughs Loop Trail–Stirrup Brook Trail, 3 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Marlborough Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi230 – 285 ft9.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.30753, -71.55539
Nearest town Marlborough Junction, MA
Directions
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Boroughs Loop Trail–Stirrup Brook Trail, 3 sights
9.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Elevation 231–285 ft
Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 42.30753, -71.55539
Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 62°F / low 50° · precip 56% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Beals Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 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 W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Stirrup Brook Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Boroughs Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beals Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 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
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Light drizzleTemperature 62°F50°
Precip56%Wind4 mphUV1Humidity93%
Rained 1.2″ 7 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
65°50°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:49 PM
Mon
66°54°
51%
Tue
60°44°
Wed
62°43°
Thu
63°40°
Fri
63°46°
34%
Sat
59°50°
44%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:14 PM — 3 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 4.2 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 6.6 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 6.7 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 7.4 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 7.6 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 7.9 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
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- Chauncy Lake–Little Chauncy Lake, 5 sights 10 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Beals Loop–Boroughs Loop Trail, 3 sights 6 mi · ▲ 171 ft
- Beals Loop–Boroughs Loop Trail Loop, 4 sights 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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