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Crane Swamp Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near West Village, MA. It is mostly level, with 176 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi272 – 387 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31049, -71.58324
Nearest town West Village, MA

Directions

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Crane Swamp Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 176 ft · 55 min

Elevation 273–387 ft

Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: 42.31049, -71.58324

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading W.
  4. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.3 miBear left onto Plantation Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.5 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

40% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:04 PM — 11 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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