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Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Gleasondale Station, MA. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 295 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.38349, -71.50435
Nearest town Gleasondale Station, MA

Directions

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Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside

3.5 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Elevation 186–297 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 42.38349, -71.50435

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading N.
  10. 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 1.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  18. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 50 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

75% paved25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~21 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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