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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in White Pond Reservation near Sudbury, MA. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 200 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.38553, -71.41515
Nearest town Sudbury, MA

Directions

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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 2 hr 8 min

Elevation 126–201 ft

Out & Back · White Pond Reservation

Trailhead: 42.38553, -71.41515

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 200 ftSharp left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  3. 2 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  5. 300 ftTurn left onto Hilltop Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Yellow, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
  17. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miBear right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading S.
  20. 2 miSharp right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

32% paved68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:42 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM — 15 min before dark.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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