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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Davis Farm Conservation Land near Sudbury, MA. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 203 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

5 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 126–203 ft

Out & Back · Davis Farm Conservation Land

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 miSharp right, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftBear right onto Sudbury Conservation Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftSharp left onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
  16. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, heading S.
  19. 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 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

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 8:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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