Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Frost Farm near North Sudbury, MA. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi125 – 203 ft4.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.40592, -71.40964
Nearest town North Sudbury, MA
Directions
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 126–203 ft
Out & Back · Frost Farm
Trailhead: 42.40592, -71.40964
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 84°F / low 66° · precip 2% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:15 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn 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.
Trail surface
62% paved38% unspecified
Weather
FogTemperature 84°F66°
Precip2%Wind4 mphUV6Humidity67%
Rained 0.1″ 3 days ago
Hourly temperature
85°65°
Sunrise 6:15 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:17 PM
Sat
72°61°
28%
Sun
72°56°
Mon
81°54°
Tue
83°61°
Wed
83°66°
33%
Thu
74°58°
33%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:17 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 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
- 3.9 mi · out & back · via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
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