Bruce Freeman Rail Trail & Yellow is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Spring Hill Conservation Land near North Acton, MA. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi141 – 256 ft3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red 42.50106, -71.39518
Nearest town North Acton, MA · Official trailhead info (trails.actonma.gov)
Directions
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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail & Yellow
3.4 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 142–254 ft
Out & Back · Spring Hill Conservation Land
Trailhead: Red · 42.50106, -71.39518
Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 64°F / low 49° · precip 4% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 6:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right onto Red, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Yellow, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Red, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach Yellow, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Red, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Blue, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading E.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Red, heading SW.
- 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 surface
96% dirt4% paved
Weather
OvercastTemperature 64°F49°
Feels like49°Precip4%Wind4 mphUV6Humidity73%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
65°45°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:45 PM
Wed
62°48°
Thu
61°45°
Fri
57°49°
44%
Sat
55°52°
59%
Sun
54°52°
57%
Mon
60°54°
46%
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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