Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back in White Pond Reservation near Sudbury, MA. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
6 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 126–231 ft
Out & Back · White Pond Reservation
Trailhead: 42.38585, -71.41110
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:48 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
- 1.8 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Yellow, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:28 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:48 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:17 PM.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
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