Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in White Pond Reservation near North Sudbury, MA. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi125 – 200 ft4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: connector 42.40930, -71.41022
Nearest town North Sudbury, MA
Directions
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
4 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 126–201 ft
Out & Back · White Pond Reservation
Trailhead: connector · 42.40930, -71.41022
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, 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 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 W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear 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.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
55% paved45% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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