Sudbury Reservoir Watershed

Cole Trail–Hultman Aqueduct Trail, 4 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 269 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Cole Trail–Hultman Aqueduct Trail, 4 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Woodside, MA. It climbs 269 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 371 ft7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31017, -71.60458
Nearest town Woodside, MA

Directions

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Cole Trail–Hultman Aqueduct Trail, 4 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 269 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 263–371 ft

Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: 42.31017, -71.60458

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Cole Trail, heading S.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto Talbot Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miSharp left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  10. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 200 ftTurn right onto Hultman Aqueduct Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.7 miSharp right onto Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left onto Overlook Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miReach Cole Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Meadow Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left onto Hultman Aqueduct Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  22. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 0.3 miBear left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading W.
  26. 0.9 miSharp right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miTurn left onto Talbot Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cole Trail, heading NW.
  29. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

8% dirt92% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~94 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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