Connector Trail–Stirrup Brook Trail, 4 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near West Village, MA. It climbs 376 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi243 – 443 ft8.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bigelow Wildlife Refuge Viewing Platform Trail 42.30533, -71.57837
Nearest town West Village, MA
Directions
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Connector Trail–Stirrup Brook Trail, 4 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 376 ft · 2 hr 49 min
Elevation 242–442 ft
Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: Bigelow Wildlife Refuge Viewing Platform Trail · 42.30533, -71.57837
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start on Walnut Hill Trail, heading N.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Stirrup Brook Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Connector Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Walnut Hill Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
77% dirt23% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 7:23 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM — 0 min before dark.
Other ways to reach this destination
- 7.6 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 9.1 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 6.6 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
- 5.1 mi · out & back · via Wachusett Aqueduct Trail
More from Bigelow Wildlife Refuge Viewing Platform Trail Trailhead
- Walnut Hill Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 234 ft
- Sawink Loop & Walnut Hill Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- Connector Trail & Walnut Hill Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 287 ft
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