Old Concord Road & Track Road via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge near Gleasondale, MA. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi174 – 236 ft10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Track Road 42.41178, -71.50748
Nearest town Gleasondale, MA
Directions
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Old Concord Road & Track Road via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
9.8 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 3 hr 19 min
Elevation 175–237 ft
Out & Back · Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
Trailhead: Track Road · 42.41178, -71.50748
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Track Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Patrol Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Fisher Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old Concord Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Witches' Cove Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Track Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Old Concord Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Fisher Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Track Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
75% dirt5% paved20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.2 mi in (~78 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 3.4 mi · out & back · via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Mass Central Rail Trail -- Wayside
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- Track Road & White Pond Road via Patrol Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Patrol Road–Track Road, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 87 ft
- Harry's Way–Pine Garden Trail, 4 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 115 ft
- Hill Trail–Pine Garden Trail, 3 sights 8.1 mi · ▲ 83 ft
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