Gospel Hill & White Pond via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest near Pine Lake, MA. The route passes White Pond before reaching Gospel Hill at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 120 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi180 – 279 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.38867, -71.48798
Nearest town Pine Lake, MA
Directions
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Gospel Hill & White Pond via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
4.1 mi · ▲ 120 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 179–277 ft
Out & Back · Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest
Trailhead: 42.38867, -71.48798
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass White Pond.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading W.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Gospel Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading E.
- 1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 300 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
76% paved4% dirt20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM — 8 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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