Beals Loop–Boroughs Loop Trail, 3 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Marlborough Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 171 ft of elevation gain. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi262 – 436 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.30895, -71.55348
Nearest town Marlborough Junction, MA
Directions
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Beals Loop–Boroughs Loop Trail, 3 sights
6 mi · ▲ 171 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 263–435 ft
Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 42.30895, -71.55348
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Beals Loop, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Beals Loop, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 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 surface
29% dirt71% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:47 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~73 min). Leave by 5:14 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.1 mi · out & back · via Crane Swamp Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Crane Swamp Trail
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Crane Swamp Trail
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Crane Swamp Trail
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Crane Swamp Trail
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Crane Swamp Trail
- 3 mi · out & back · via Crane Swamp Trail
- 3 mi · out & back · via Crane Swamp Trail
More from this trailhead
- Boroughs Loop Trail–Stirrup Brook Trail, 3 sights 9.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Little Chauncy Lake–Beals Loop, 6 sights 11.9 mi · ▲ 347 ft
- Beals Loop & Boroughs Loop Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Chauncy Lake–Little Chauncy Lake, 5 sights 10 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Sudbury Reservoir–Ice Pond, 3 lakes 1.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Bartlett Pond–Beals Loop, 4 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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