Cricket Pond via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Sudbury, MA. The route reaches Cricket Pond. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi135 – 194 ft4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.39360, -71.40983
Nearest town Sudbury, MA
Directions
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Cricket Pond via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 27 min
Elevation 134–195 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 42.39360, -71.40983
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miPass Cricket Pond.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Cricket Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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
64% paved36% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 7:26 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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