1. Start on Assabet River Rail Trail, heading SE.
2. 150 ftTurn left onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading E.
3. 0.6 miPass Gospel Hill.
4. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading E.
6. 2.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
7. 50 ftTurn right onto Fisher Trail, heading SE.
8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
9. 150 ftBear left onto Desert Trail, heading SE.
10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Desert Loop Trail, heading SE.
11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Marsh to Desert Trail, heading SE.
12. 200 ftTurn right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading E.
13. 350 ftPass Duck Pond.
14. 2.3 miTurn right onto Framingham and Lowell Branch, heading SE.
15. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
16. 50 ftReach Gospel Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
18. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading N.
19. 2.4 miTurn left onto Marsh to Desert Trail, heading NW.
20. 200 ftTurn right onto Desert Loop Trail, heading NW.
21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Desert Trail, heading W.
22. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
23. 150 ftTurn left onto Fisher Trail, heading NW.
24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
25. 100 ftTurn right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading NW.
26. 2.2 miContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading NW.
27. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
28. 0.6 miTurn right onto Assabet River Rail Trail, heading W.
29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/gospel-hill-duck-pond-out-back-3-lakes-19-km