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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Wachusett Aqueduct Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cedar Hill Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Plantation Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Crane Swamp Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 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.
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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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More from this trailhead
- Beals Loop–Bobolink Trail, 5 sights 3 mi · ▲ 28 ft
- Crane Swamp Trail 3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Crane Swamp Trail 3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Cedar Hill Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Cedar Hill Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Cedar Hill Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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