Assabet River Rail Trail - The Assabet River Rail Trail is a multi-use paved cycling path running through Marlborough, Hudson, Stow, Maynard, and Acton Massachusetts, following the abandoned Marlborough Branch of the Fitchburg Railroad along the Assabet River. 5.6 miles of the section from Marlborough to Maynard have been completed. Eventually the trail will be 12 miles long, extending north… Continue reading Assabet River Rail Trail
Border to Boston Trail - The Border to Boston Trail will provide an alternative transportation route linking communities from Salisbury to Boston. 10 miles have been completed. Border to Boston Trail map Border to Boston brochure Northern Section Newburyport Salisbury Topsfield Boxford Danvers Georgetown Newbury
Bruce Freeman Trail, Chelmsford MA - The Bruce Freeman Trail is a proposed rail trail through the communities of Lowell, Chelmsford, Westford, Carlisle, Acton, Concord, Sudbury, and Framingham in Massachusetts — following the 25-mile route of the old New Haven Railroad Framingham & Lowell line. Phase 1 of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is now open and extends 6.8 miles from… Continue reading Bruce Freeman Trail, Chelmsford MA
East Coast Greenway in Massachusetts - East Coast Greenway in Massachusetts The route enters Massachusetts from the north in Salisbury, where it is primarily on-road until Boston. Heading west from Boston to Waltham, the ECG follows the Charles River Bikepath. From there, the future Mass Central Rail-Trail will take ECG users to just north of Worcester. From Worcester to the Rhode… Continue reading East Coast Greenway in Massachusetts
Mountain biking north of Boston - The following is a list of places to mountain bike on the Massachusetts North Shore, listed by towns. The state forests and preserved land in this area provide hundreds of miles of great mountain bike trails. The Bay Circuit Trail connects several state forests and other protected land through 34 towns in Eastern Massachusetts.. Many… Continue reading Mountain biking north of Boston
Nashua River Rail Trail - The Nashua River Rail Trail follows the former Hollis branch of the Boston and Maine Corp. railroad for 11 miles through the towns of Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable, with a 10-foot wide paved surface for the entire length. The trail travels along a varied and scenic landscape, and no motorized vehicles are allowed. The… Continue reading Nashua River Rail Trail
NEMBA mountain bike rides - The New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA) a recreational trails advocacy organization with 27 chapters throughout New England and about 5,000 members NEMBA Rides by State Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont NEMBA alphabetical list of rides Abrams Rock Adams Farm Ames Nowell State Park Bare Cove / Great Esker Beaver Brook North Beebe Woods / Peterson Farm… Continue reading NEMBA mountain bike rides
South Bay Harbor Trail - The South Bay Harbor Trail is a 3.5 mile-long pedestrian – friendly urban bike trail that will connect Lower Roxbury, the South End, Chinatown, and Fort Point Channel to Boston Harbor at Fan Pier in South Boston. It will also connect these neighborhoods and Boston Harbor to the Emerald Necklace. For centuries Boston Harbor has… Continue reading South Bay Harbor Trail
Wachusett Aqueduct trail - The 9 mile Wachusett Aqueduct extends from the Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton Massachusetts to the John J. Carroll Water Treatment Plant at Walnut Hill in Marlborough and passes through Berlin and Northborough. In May 2012 Massachusetts Water Resources Authority announced that “No trespassing” signs along this and four other trails will be removed since they… Continue reading Wachusett Aqueduct trail
Wenham MA Chebacco Woods mountain biking - Gordon College in Wenham Massachusetts has an excellent trail network for hiking and mountain biking connecting to the other well-maintained trails in adjoining Chebacco Woods. The easy trails wrap around several ponds and are appropriate for beginner and intermediate cyclists, with gently rolling terrain through hemlock and beech forests surrounded by glacial outcroppings. Not shown… Continue reading Wenham MA Chebacco Woods mountain biking
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- Alewife Linear Park Cambridge, Somerville
- Alewife Linear Park/Somervillecommunity Path 2 miles Alewife Linear Park is a beautiful paved trail stretching 2 miles east from the Alewife T-station in Cambridge to Cedar Street in Somerville.
- Amesbury Riverwalk 1.3 miles linking the fourcommunities of Amesbury, Salisbury, Newbury
- Ashuwillticook Rail Trail 11.2 miles Nestled in the Hoosic River Valley, between Mount Greylock and the Hoosac Mountains in Berkshire County.
- Ashuwillticook Rail Trail Lanesborough- Adams
- Ashuwillticook Rail Trail, Lanesborough, Cheshire, Adams
- Assabet River 5.6 miles connects the towns of Hudson and Marlborough and parallels the scenic Assabet River.
- Assabet River Rail Trail Acton, Stow, Maynard
- Barker Road Trail 0.9 miles Barker Road Trail begins on the town line between North Andover and Boxford in northern Massachusetts.
- Battle Road Trail Concord.Concord, Lexington.
- Bedford Narrow Gauge 3.1 miles The Bedford Narrow-Gauge shares its trailhead at Depot Park in Bedford with the Minuteman Bikeway and Reformatory Branch Trail.
- Bike to the Sea Malden, Lynn and Revere.
- Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park Trail 3.5 miles The Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park recalls the role of canals.
- Blackstone River Greenway (MA) 2.5 miles will eventually link Worcester, Mass.with Providence.
- Blue Hills Reservation, Milton
- Boxford Rail Trail 2.1 miles in rural Essex County.
- Bradford Rail Trail 1.3 mile path for pedestrians, cyclists, joggers.
- Bradley Palmer State Park, Topsfield
- Bridge of Flowers a 400-foot-long former trolley line bridge that has been converted into a garden pathway spanning the Deerfield River between Shelburne Falls and Buckland.
- Bridge Street Bike Trail 1 miles begins near Curtis Park and travels south through downtown Salem.
- Bridle Trail 3 miles The abandoned rail bed is predominantly owned by the Town of Marshfield.Sections of the abandoned rail bed are open to the public and actively used for recreational uses such as walking, running, horse back riding, mountain biking.
- Bruce Freeman Rail Trail 6.8 miles The Bruce Freeman Rail Trail follows the route of the former Framingham and Lowell Railroad.
- Bruce Freeman Rail Trail Lowell to Framingham
- Callahan State Park, Framingham
- Canalside River Trail East Deerfield – Turner Falls
- Cape Cod Canal Bike Paths
- Cape Cod Canal Bikeway 13.5 miles The Cape Cod Canal Bikeway connects Cape Cod Bay and and Sagamore on its eastern end with Buzzards Bay and thecommunity of Bourne on its western end.
- Cape Cod National Seashore Provincetown
- Cape Cod Rail Trail 21.9 miles stretching through quaint villages and along y beaches past a diverse landscape of salt marshes, pine forests and cranberry bogs.
- Cape Cod Rail Trail Dennis-Wellfleet
- Cape Cod Rail Trail, Dennis-Wellfleet
- Center Trail 0.6 miles from Hopkinton’s downtown to its high school and middle school.
- Charles River Bike Path, Boston, Cambridge, Newton, Watertown
- Charles River Bike Path Boston, Cambridge
- Chicopee River Canal Rail Trail 0.21 miles in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
- Chiopee Memorial State Park, Chicopee Falls
- Clipper City Rail Trail & Harborwalk 1.1 miles near downtown Newburyport.
- Clipper City Rail Trail Newburyport
- Cochituate Rail Trail 1.1 miles, will run from the Village of Saxonville in Framingham to Natick Center, a distance of 4 miles.
- Columbia Greenway Rail Trail 2 miles through Westfield in southwestern Massachusetts.
- Connecticut Riverwalk and Bikeway 5.4 miles The Connecticut River Walk and Bikeway, which will one day run 21 miles along the river.
- Corridor Park, South End, Roxbury
- Danvers Rail Trail 5.1 miles.The abandoned corridor extends just over 5 miles from Peabody north through the heart of Danvers.
- Dr.Paul Dudley White Bike Path 13.6 miles Nestled in Boston’s Charles River Reservation.
- East Boston Greenway 1.4 miles The East Boston Greenway, a linear park made possible by the donation of a disused rail corridor by Conrail in 1997.
- Farmington Canal Rail Trail
- Franklin County Bikeway, Greenfield, Deerfield, Montague and Gill
- Gloria Braunhardt Bike Path 1.2 miles, parallels the eastern side of the present-day Interstate 95 while following the old interstate roadbed.
- Grand Trunk Trail 4.4 miles, Grand Trunk Trail is part of a larger trail network, the Titanic Rail Trail, which will stretch more than 60 miles through south-central Massachusetts.
- Hanover Branch Rail Trail 2.6 miles In the southeastern outskirts of Boston.
- Horseneck Beach State Reservation, Westport
- Independence Greenway 8.1 miles through western Peabody.
- Jamaicaway Bikepath Jamaica Plain
- Jay McLaren Memorial Trail 2 miles on the northern end of Merrimac in the far northeastern corner of Massachusetts.
- Lawrence Heritage State Park, Lawrence
- Lawrence Riverfront State Park, Lawrence
- Lowell Canal System Trails 1.9 miles part of Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, Massachusetts.
- Lower Neponset River Trail Dorchester, Milton
- Lower Neponset River Trail, Dorchester, Milton
- Manhan 9 miles between Easthampton and Northampton
- Manhan Rail Trail Easthampton
- Manuel F.Correllus State Forest, Martha’s Vineyard
- Marblehead 4.1 miles connects Marblehead, Salem and Swampscott.
- Marblehead Bike Paths Marblehead to Salem
- Martin H.Burns Wildlife Management Area Trail 3.4 milesthrough the Martin H.Burns Wildlife Management Area near downtown Newburyport.
- Mass Central Rail Trail 31.9 miles
- Mattapoisett Rail Trail 1.1 miles between Reservation Road at Mattapoisett Harbor and the Phoenix Bike Trail in Fairhaven.
- Mattapoisett Rail Trail Extension 12 miles.
- Maudslay State Park, Newburyport
- Methuen Rail Trail 2.4 miles connects threecommunities in northeastern Massachusetts.
- Middlesex Fells Reservation, Stoneham
- Millennium Park West Roxbury
- Minuteman Bikeway 9.7 miles through suburban Boston.
- Minuteman Bikeway Concord to Lexington
- Myles Standish State Forest, Carver
- Mystic River Bike Path Somerville, Everett
- Mystic River Bike Path, Somerville, Everett Pierre Lallement Bike Path Southwest
- Nashua River Rail Trail Ayer to Dunstable
- Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable
- Nashua River Rail Trail, NH 12.3 miles through the Massachusettscommunities of Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable.
- Neponset River Greenway 5.2 miles.
- Nickerson State Park, Brewster
- North Bank Bridge 0.5 miles The North Bank Bridge, which opened in 2012, provides a safe and convenient pedestrian and bicycle connection between Cambridge’s North Point Park and Paul Revere Park in Charlestown.
- North Central Pathway 11.4 miles between the cities of Winchendon and Gardner in northern Massachusetts.
- Northampton Bike Path Northampton-Amherst
- Northern Strandcommunity Trail 5.6 miles.
- Norwottuck (Francis P.Ryan Section) 4.9 miles between New South Street in Northampton and the neighborhood north of Look Memorial Park in Florence.
- Norwottuck (Mass Central Section) 10 miles stretching east from Northampton, connects the towns of Northampton, Hadley and Amherst.
- Norwottuck Rail Trail Northampton
- Norwottuck Rail Trail, Northampton
- Old Colony Nature Pathway 1.6 miles in Provincetown.
- Old Colony Rail Trail 7.9 miles, southeastern Cape Cod.
- Old Eastern Marsh Trail 1.4 miles between the north bank of the Merrimack River and Mudnock Road in Salisbury.
- Peabody Bikeway Peabody
- Phoenix Bike Trail 3.5 miles.
- Phoenix Bike Trail Fairhaven
- Pierre Lallement Bike Path Southwest Corridor Park
- Pine Tree Brook / Popes Pond Path 2 miles alongside the brook in Milton, Massachusetts.
- Quarries Footpath 1 mile.
- Quequechan River Bike Path Fall River
- Quequechan River Rail Trail 0.68 miles along the northern shore of scenic South Watuppa Pond.
- Redstone Rail Trail 1.4 miles.
- Reformatory Branch Trail 4.5 miles through three natural areas.
- Robinson State Park, Agawam Boston Region
- Salem-Beverly Canal Path (Grand Wenham Canal Path) 2 miles route along the Salem-Beverly Canal
- Salisbury Beach State Reservation Trail 0.6 mile
- Salisbury Point Ghost Trail 1.8 miles.
- Salisbury Rail Trail Connector 0.3 miles, also known as the Gillis Rail Trail Connector
- Shawme-Crowell State Forest, Sandwich
- Shining Sea Bike Path Falmouth to Woods Hole
- Shining Sea Bikeway 10.7 miles, the only bikeway on Cape Cod to skirt the shore.
- South Spencer Rail Trail 1.62 miles from downtown Spencer to an area south of town near Spencer State Forest.
- Southern New England Trunkline Trail 21 miles
- Southwest Corridor Park (Pierre Lallement Bike Path) 3.9 miles
- Southwick Rail Trail 7.1 miles, continues south as the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail.
- Squantum Point Park, Quincy
- Stony Brook Bike Path West Roxbury, Hyde Park
- Stony Brook Bike Path, Turtle Pond Parkway, West Roxbury, Hyde Park
- Topsfield Linearcommon and Wenham 4.9 miles, Topsfield to Boxfordand Wenham.
- Topsfield Rail Trail Topsfield
- Upper Charles Trail 11 miles, connecting thecommunities of Milford, Ashland, Hopkinton, Sherborn and Holliston
- Wachusett Mountain State Forest, Princeton West Region
- Ware River 12 miles.Watertown Multi-Use Path 0.85 miles from School Street to Grove Street in Watertown.
- Watertown Branch Rail Trail Watertown
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail 1.6 miles north of the MBTA’s Cohasset Station to the edge of Wompatuck State Park.
- Wompatuck State Park, Hingham
- World War II Veterans Memorial Trail 1.5 miles on an abandoned corridor once served by the Old Colony Railroad.