Central Mass Branch track east of Gleason Junction, March 2022.JPG
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Gospel Hill & Mass Central Rail Trail via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Chestnut Well near Gleasondale Station, MA. The route reaches Gospel Hill. It is mostly level, with 27 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi177 – 220 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.39689, -71.51584
Nearest town Gleasondale Station, MA

Directions

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Gospel Hill & Mass Central Rail Trail via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside

2.7 mi · ▲ 27 ft · 55 min

Elevation 178–221 ft

Out & Back · Chestnut Well

Trailhead: 42.39689, -71.51584

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miPass Gospel Hill.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miReach Gospel Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 250 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

81% paved19% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

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