Duck Pond & Old Pine Trail via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Hopbrook Marsh Conservation Land near South Sudbury, MA. The route reaches Duck Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi135 – 197 ft4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Framingham and Lowell Branch 42.36184, -71.42326
Nearest town South Sudbury, MA
Directions
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Duck Pond & Old Pine Trail via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
4.6 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 135–197 ft
Out & Back · Hopbrook Marsh Conservation Land
Trailhead: Framingham and Lowell Branch · 42.36184, -71.42326
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Framingham and Lowell Branch, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading NW.
- 2 miSharp right onto Blueberry Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Duck Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Pine Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftReach Duck Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Blueberry Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading SE.
- 2 miTurn right onto Framingham and Lowell Branch, heading SE.
- 0.1 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
87% paved13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 7:25 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 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
- Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside (proposed) 5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Cricket Pond–Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, 3 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 215 ft
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