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Red via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in White Pond Reservation near Sudbury, MA. It is mostly level, with 119 ft of elevation gain. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 200 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Red via Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

5.1 mi · ▲ 119 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 126–201 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. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftTurn left onto Hilltop Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Yellow, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miReach Red, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
  17. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miBear right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading S.
  20. 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 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

37% paved63% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:03 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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