Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area

Little Chauncy Lake–Beals Loop, 6 sights

11.9 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Little Chauncy Lake–Beals Loop, 6 sights is an 11.9-mile out-and-back in Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area near Marlborough Junction, MA. The route reaches Little Chauncy Lake. It climbs 347 ft. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi259 – 374 ft12.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31037, -71.55429
Nearest town Marlborough Junction, MA

Directions

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Little Chauncy Lake–Beals Loop, 6 sights

11.9 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 4 hr 8 min

Elevation 259–375 ft

Out & Back · Wayne F. MacCallum Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.31037, -71.55429

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 200 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 250 ftContinue straight onto Beals Loop, heading W.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miBear left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.9 miSharp right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Talbot Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Little Chauncy Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miPass Little Chauncy Lake.
  16. 0.4 miSharp right, heading E.
  17. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.6 miTurn left onto Rice Lane, heading SW.
  22. 0.3 miReach Little Chauncy Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  24. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  27. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 200 ftSharp left onto Little Chauncy Trail, heading E.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Talbot Trail, heading N.
  31. 0.8 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading E.
  32. 0.1 miSharp left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading S.
  33. 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  34. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  36. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  37. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  38. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Boroughs Loop Trail, heading E.
  39. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  40. 50 ftTurn left onto Beals Loop, heading E.
  41. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  42. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  43. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

17% dirt83% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:43 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:04 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:35 PM.

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