14.0 miles
Distance
307 ft
Climb
-381 ft
Descent
312 ft
High Point

This is a working trail of the BCT. [to be deleted]

Detailed Description
Bay Circuit Trail- Acton/Chelmsford is a 14 mile moderately popular expert route located near Acton Massachusetts. This hike only route. This route includes 9 trails. This route climbs 307 ft with a max elevation of 312 ft then descends -381 ft.
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More Stats for Bay Circuit Trail- Acton/Chelmsford mountain bike route
  • Altitude change
    -76 ft
  • Altitude min
    110 ft
  • Altitude start
    185 ft
  • Altitude end
    108 ft
  • Grade
    -0.1%
  • Grade max
    -15.4%
  • Grade min
    22%
  • Distance climb
    4 miles
  • Distance down
    8 miles
  • Distance flat
    2 miles

Directions

  1. Walk north on Stoneymeade Yellow Trail.
  2. Continue for 500 meters.
  3. Walk west on Stoneymeade Way.
  4. Continue for 200 meters.
  5. Turn right to stay on Stoneymeade Way.
  6. Continue for 100 meters.
  7. Turn right onto Pope Road.
  8. Continue for 900 meters.
  9. Turn left onto Strawberry Hill Road.
  10. Continue for 400 meters.
  11. Bear right onto Jay Lane.
  12. Continue for 1.5 kilometers.
  13. Turn right onto Spring Hill Yellow Loop (BCT).
  14. Continue for 1.5 kilometers.
  15. Turn left onto Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  16. Continue for 20 meters.
  17. Keep right to take Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  18. Continue for less than 10 meters.
  19. Keep left to stay on Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  20. Continue for 10 meters.
  21. Keep straight to stay on Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  22. Continue for less than 10 meters.
  23. Keep straight to stay on Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  24. Continue for 10 meters.
  25. Keep right to stay on Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  26. Continue for 50 meters.
  27. Keep left to stay on Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  28. Continue for 20 meters.
  29. Keep straight to stay on Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  30. Continue for 20 meters.
  31. Keep left to stay on Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  32. Continue for less than 10 meters.
  33. Keep straight to stay on Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  34. Continue for less than 10 meters.
  35. Keep straight to stay on Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  36. Continue for 20 meters.
  37. Keep left to take Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  38. Continue for 50 meters.
  39. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  40. Continue for less than 10 meters.
  41. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  42. Continue for 40 meters.
  43. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  44. Continue for 40 meters.
  45. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  46. Continue for less than 10 meters.
  47. Bear right onto Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  48. Continue for 10 meters.
  49. Turn left to stay on Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  50. Continue for 30 meters.
  51. Keep right to take Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  52. Continue for 30 meters.
  53. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  54. Continue for 30 meters.
  55. Bear right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  56. Continue for 20 meters.
  57. Bear right onto Spring Hill Yellow Loop.
  58. Continue for 40 meters.
  59. Keep right to take Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  60. Continue for 20 meters.
  61. Turn right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  62. Continue for 30 meters.
  63. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  64. Continue for 40 meters.
  65. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  66. Continue for 50 meters.
  67. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  68. Continue for 50 meters.
  69. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  70. Continue for 50 meters.
  71. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  72. Continue for 30 meters.
  73. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  74. Continue for 40 meters.
  75. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  76. Continue for 80 meters.
  77. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  78. Continue for 60 meters.
  79. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  80. Continue for 50 meters.
  81. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  82. Continue for 40 meters.
  83. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  84. Continue for 40 meters.
  85. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  86. Continue for 30 meters.
  87. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  88. Continue for 30 meters.
  89. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  90. Continue for 30 meters.
  91. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  92. Continue for 60 meters.
  93. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  94. Continue for 10 meters.
  95. Turn right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  96. Continue for 20 meters.
  97. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  98. Continue for 20 meters.
  99. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  100. Continue for 20 meters.
  101. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  102. Continue for 30 meters.
  103. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  104. Continue for 50 meters.
  105. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  106. Continue for 20 meters.
  107. Turn right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  108. Continue for 100 meters.
  109. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  110. Continue for 60 meters.
  111. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  112. Continue for 70 meters.
  113. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  114. Continue for 30 meters.
  115. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  116. Continue for 30 meters.
  117. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  118. Continue for 40 meters.
  119. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  120. Continue for 30 meters.
  121. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  122. Continue for 20 meters.
  123. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  124. Continue for 20 meters.
  125. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  126. Continue for 20 meters.
  127. Turn left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  128. Continue for 10 meters.
  129. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  130. Continue for 20 meters.
  131. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  132. Continue for 40 meters.
  133. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  134. Continue for 40 meters.
  135. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  136. Continue for 20 meters.
  137. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  138. Continue for 30 meters.
  139. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  140. Continue for 20 meters.
  141. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  142. Continue for 30 meters.
  143. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  144. Continue for 20 meters.
  145. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  146. Continue for 10 meters.
  147. Turn right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  148. Continue for 50 meters.
  149. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  150. Continue for 40 meters.
  151. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  152. Continue for 30 meters.
  153. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  154. Continue for 80 meters.
  155. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  156. Continue for 50 meters.
  157. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  158. Continue for 60 meters.
  159. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  160. Continue for 50 meters.
  161. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  162. Continue for 100 meters.
  163. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  164. Continue for 50 meters.
  165. Keep right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  166. Continue for 30 meters.
  167. Turn left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  168. Continue for 30 meters.
  169. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  170. Continue for 40 meters.
  171. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  172. Continue for 50 meters.
  173. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  174. Continue for 50 meters.
  175. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  176. Continue for 40 meters.
  177. Turn right to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  178. Continue for 30 meters.
  179. Keep left to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  180. Continue for 20 meters.
  181. Keep straight to stay on Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop (BCT).
  182. Continue for 50 meters.
  183. Bear right onto Robins Mill/Nashoba Brook Connector.
  184. Continue for 200 meters.
  185. Turn left onto Nashoba Brook Yellow Loop East.
  186. Continue for less than 10 meters.
  187. Bear left onto Robins Mill Pond Trail.
  188. Continue for 1 kilometer.
  189. Bear left onto Carlisle Road to BFRT.
  190. Continue for 400 meters.
  191. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  192. Continue for 200 meters.
  193. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  194. Continue for 200 meters.
  195. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  196. Continue for 200 meters.
  197. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  198. Continue for 100 meters.
  199. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  200. Continue for 200 meters.
  201. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  202. Continue for 300 meters.
  203. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  204. Continue for 100 meters.
  205. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  206. Continue for 900 meters.
  207. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  208. Continue for 400 meters.
  209. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  210. Continue for 90 meters.
  211. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  212. Continue for 30 meters.
  213. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  214. Continue for 300 meters.
  215. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  216. Continue for 300 meters.
  217. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  218. Continue for 200 meters.
  219. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  220. Continue for 300 meters.
  221. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  222. Continue for 200 meters.
  223. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  224. Continue for 700 meters.
  225. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  226. Continue for 90 meters.
  227. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  228. Continue for 60 meters.
  229. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  230. Continue for 700 meters.
  231. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  232. Continue for 300 meters.
  233. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  234. Continue for 70 meters.
  235. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  236. Continue for 600 meters.
  237. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  238. Continue for 600 meters.
  239. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  240. Continue for 200 meters.
  241. Walk north on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  242. Continue for 800 meters.
  243. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  244. Continue for 100 meters.
  245. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  246. Continue for 600 meters.
  247. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  248. Continue for 200 meters.
  249. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  250. Continue for 800 meters.
  251. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  252. Continue for 400 meters.
  253. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  254. Continue for 300 meters.
  255. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  256. Continue for 300 meters.
  257. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  258. Continue for 100 meters.
  259. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  260. Continue for 80 meters.
  261. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  262. Continue for 300 meters.
  263. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  264. Continue for 500 meters.
  265. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  266. Continue for 500 meters.
  267. Walk northeast on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  268. Continue for 700 meters.
  269. Walk east on Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
  270. Continue for 30 meters.
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Stoneymeade Yellow Trail
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