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White Pond via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in White Pond Reservation near Sudbury, MA. The route reaches White Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 94 ft of elevation gain. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 207 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.39360, -71.40983
Nearest town Sudbury, MA

Directions

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White Pond via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 94 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 126–206 ft

Out & Back · White Pond Reservation

Trailhead: 42.39360, -71.40983

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:03 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  3. 1.4 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Red, heading NE.
  8. 200 ftReach White Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Yellow, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  14. 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 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

47% paved53% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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