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Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest

Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest near Gleasondale Station, MA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 233 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.38862, -71.49600
Nearest town Gleasondale Station, MA
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Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside

2.5 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 50 min

Elevation 186–233 ft

Out & Back · Marlborough-Sudbury State Forest

Trailhead: 42.38862, -71.49600

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 500 ftTurn left onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 300 ftSharp right, heading E.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mass-central-rail-trail-wayside-out-back-4-km-7437

Trail surface

78% paved15% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM — 9 min before dark.

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