Chauncy Lake–Little Chauncy Lake, 5 sights
10 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Chauncy Lake–Little Chauncy Lake, 5 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Marlborough Junction, MA. The route passes Little Chauncy Lake before reaching Chauncy Lake at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 281 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Chauncy Lake–Little Chauncy Lake, 5 sights
10 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 259–375 ft
Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed
Trailhead: 42.30753, -71.55539
Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 62°F / low 50° · precip 56% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Beals Loop, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Talbot Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Little Chauncy Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Little Chauncy Lake.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Chauncy Lake.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Chauncy Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Talbot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beals Loop, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:15 PM — 2 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Boroughs Loop Trail–Stirrup Brook Trail, 3 sights 9.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Beals Loop–Boroughs Loop Trail, 3 sights 6 mi · ▲ 171 ft
- Beals Loop–Boroughs Loop Trail Loop, 4 sights 2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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