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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in White Pond Reservation near North Sudbury, MA. It is mostly level, with 68 ft of elevation gain. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 200 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Olivia's Way 42.40142, -71.40929
Nearest town North Sudbury, MA

Directions

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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

4 mi · ▲ 68 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 126–201 ft

Out & Back · White Pond Reservation

Trailhead: Olivia's Way · 42.40142, -71.40929

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

  1. Start on Olivia's Way, heading E.
  2. 250 ftTurn left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.9 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftTurn left onto Hilltop Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.2 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 SE.
  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 NW.
  16. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
  17. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miBear right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.9 miTurn right onto Olivia's Way, heading S.
  21. 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

47% paved3% dirt50% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

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