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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in Davis Farm Conservation Land near Sudbury, MA. It is mostly level, with 138 ft of elevation gain. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 203 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.38699, -71.41379
Nearest town Sudbury, MA

Directions

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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

6 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 126–203 ft

Out & Back · Davis Farm Conservation Land

Trailhead: 42.38699, -71.41379

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 300 ftTurn left onto Hilltop Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftSharp left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
  17. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miBear right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading S.
  20. 1.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  22. 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 2.9 mi in (~72 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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