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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in White Pond Reservation near Sudbury, MA. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 200 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.38699, -71.41379
Nearest town Sudbury, MA

Directions

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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 126–201 ft

Out & Back · White Pond Reservation

Trailhead: 42.38699, -71.41379

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.8 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 300 ftTurn left onto Hilltop Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftSharp right onto Yellow, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
  18. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miBear right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading S.
  21. 1.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  23. 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

32% paved68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

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