Kame Terrace Brook Pink Ladies Slipper Orchids
Parking
We parked at the small lot at 383 Old Lancaster Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776. There is a kiosk with a simple map and QR codes posted on the trail which starts as you step into the woods.
Hike
This walk brought the geology teacher out in me! It was filled with glacial features and reference to a landscape, that blanketed New England over 10,000 years ago. It’s one of the few hikes I suggest you take a mobile phone to download and listen to or read a narrated tour at 6 QR stops (A-F) along the way. Paths were mostly flat, well-marked compacted earth scattered with pines. We took a straight line route winding eskers through woods and over bridges with beautiful views of the wetlands below. We learned to identify eskers, drumlins, kame terraces, ice contact faces and kettles all while exploring the trails. In a COVID conscious world, no one else was on the trail Saturday morning.
We hiked 2.5-miles there and back from A-D over brooks, past an a stone chimney ending at the spectacular 50ft steep rise up to the ice contact face to pause at the bench on the top and soak up the view of the kettle pond below. It took 1 hour 30-minutes roundtrip at a gentle pace with lots of water and educational stops on a sunny day.
Here is a trail map.
Other Recommendations: Light, waterproof hiking boots, lots of water on a hot day. There are many more trails at Haynes Meadow and Sudbury Water district to explore if you are looking to extend the day outdoors.
