Cricket Pond–Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, 3 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in White Pond Reservation near South Sudbury, MA. The route reaches Cricket Pond. It is mostly level, with 215 ft of elevation gain. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi125 – 200 ft10.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Framingham and Lowell Branch 42.36184, -71.42326
Nearest town South Sudbury, MA
Directions
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Cricket Pond–Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, 3 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 215 ft · 3 hr 14 min
Elevation 126–201 ft
Out & Back · White Pond Reservation
Trailhead: Framingham and Lowell Branch · 42.36184, -71.42326
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 81°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Framingham and Lowell Branch, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.2 miPass Cricket Pond.
- 2.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Yellow, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Cricket Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 3.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Framingham and Lowell Branch, heading S.
- 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
53% paved47% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 81°F61°
Precip0%Wind3 mphUV7Humidity85%
Rained 1.2″ yesterday (2.6″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
85°60°
Sunrise 5:42 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:03 PM
Wed
83°61°
Thu
89°70°
27%
Fri
97°73°
30%
Sat
94°72°
32%
Sun
96°69°
15%
Mon
94°76°
15%
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Framingham and Lowell Branch Trailhead
- Newell Gift & Framingham and Lowell Branch 1.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Cricket Pond via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Duck Pond via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside 4.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Duck Pond & Old Pine Trail via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside 4.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside (proposed) 5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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