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Wachusett Aqueduct Trail via Crane Swamp Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Sudbury Reservoir Watershed near Marlborough Junction, MA. It is mostly level, with 60 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 348 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.31032, -71.56766
Nearest town Marlborough Junction, MA

Directions

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Wachusett Aqueduct Trail via Crane Swamp Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 60 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 263–347 ft

Out & Back · Sudbury Reservoir Watershed

Trailhead: 42.31032, -71.56766

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:43 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  3. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftTurn left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miReach Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miBear left onto Plantation Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  14. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

31% dirt4% gravel65% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:43 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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