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Spring Hill Conservation Land

Bruce Freeman Rail Trail via Yellow

5 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Bruce Freeman Rail Trail via Yellow is a 5-mile out-and-back in Spring Hill Conservation Land near North Acton, MA. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi138 – 256 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow 42.50180, -71.39090
Nearest town North Acton, MA · Official trailhead info (trails.actonma.gov)
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail via Yellow

5 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 136–254 ft

Out & Back · Spring Hill Conservation Land

Trailhead: Yellow · 42.50180, -71.39090

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yellow, heading W.
  2. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miBear left onto Red, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow, heading NW.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right onto Red, heading S.
  6. 400 ftContinue straight onto Yellow, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue, heading SW.
  8. 450 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Red, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.8 miReach Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.8 miTurn right onto Red, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 300 ftContinue straight onto Blue, heading E.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red, heading E.
  18. 350 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading NE.
  19. 0.8 miTurn left onto Red, heading SE.
  20. 450 ftBear right onto Yellow, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bruce-freeman-rail-trail-out-back-8-km-b9d0

Trail surface

69% dirt31% paved

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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