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Hultman Aqueduct Trail–Meadow Trail, 4 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Chapinville, MA. It is mostly level, with 87 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi243 – 338 ft9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stirrup Brook Trail 42.33159, -71.61117
Nearest town Chapinville, MA

Directions

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Hultman Aqueduct Trail–Meadow Trail, 4 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 87 ft · 3 hr 13 min

Elevation 242–339 ft

Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: Stirrup Brook Trail · 42.33159, -71.61117

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start on Stirrup Brook Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  5. 450 ftSharp left, heading E.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading E.
  11. 100 ftTurn left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 200 ftTurn right onto Hultman Aqueduct Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.7 miSharp right onto Meadow Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miReach Stirrup Brook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left onto Hultman Aqueduct Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  25. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 150 ftContinue straight onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading NW.
  31. 100 ftTurn left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading NW.
  32. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 0.8 miSharp right, heading W.
  34. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  35. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  36. 200 ftSharp right, heading E.
  37. 450 ftSharp left onto Stirrup Brook Trail, heading E.
  38. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  39. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  40. 0.3 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

30% dirt70% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.7 mi in (~117 min). Leave by 5:47 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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