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Spring Hill Conservation Land

Bruce Freeman Rail Trail & Yellow

2.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 58 min

Bruce Freeman Rail Trail & Yellow is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Spring Hill Conservation Land near North Acton, MA. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi141 – 246 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red 42.51169, -71.39776
Nearest town North Acton, MA · Official trailhead info (trails.actonma.gov)
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail & Yellow

2.8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 58 min

Elevation 142–246 ft

Out & Back · Spring Hill Conservation Land

Trailhead: Red · 42.51169, -71.39776

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right onto Red, heading SW.
  6. 400 ftContinue straight onto Yellow, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue, heading SW.
  8. 450 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Red, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading SW.
  11. 350 ftReach Yellow, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 350 ftTurn left onto Red, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 300 ftContinue straight onto Blue, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red, heading NE.
  18. 400 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading E.
  19. 0.5 miTurn left onto Red, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading SE.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red, heading NE.
  22. 0.1 miArrive 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-yellow-out-back-4-km-9136

Trail surface

95% dirt5% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:26 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 6:47 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:15 PM.

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