Guides
From Massabesic Lake to Great Bay, this trail offers pretty ponds, beautiful bridges and a shady ride in the NH forests.
Due to its proximity to Manchester and the Manchester airport, this trail is one of most accessible of the wonderful New Hampshire Rail Trails. If you are flying to New Hampshire, you may very well fly into Manchester. This trail is popular year-round with biking, hiking, and running in the summer and snowmobiling in the winter. And speaking of winter...
A great bike path connecting the Minuteman Bikeway in Bedford to Concord the Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge
This guide will take you from the Bedford Station and the end of the Minute Man Bikeway to Concord, MA. This is a 4 mile path but I've included in this hike a very cool side trip around the Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge area so you can hopefully see some birds and other wildlife. The path around the Wildlife Refuge is gravel so you won't be able to...
Follow this guide for an extensive loop around this enormous Forest Preserve which is packed with trails to explore
This Forest, 20 miles north of Boston, has some really incredible mountain bike trails within its boundaries. There are a variety of trails from roads to paths to single track covering over 35 miles. Use the included track to guide you on a loop around the circumference of the main trails which passes by sevaral bodies of water where you can also...
The most difficult loop hike on the west side of I-93 through woods to many rocky outcrop viewpoints.
This is the most difficult of the trails on the western side of the Middlesex Fells Reservation. The nearly 7-mile path follows the outer perimeter of the Reservation and is mostly through woods but also travels to the top of several rocky viewpoints towards the city and the reservoirs below. When I was here last I mountain biked it but I remember...
Take this mountain biking loop around the East side of the Middlesex Fells Reservation to get away from the city life
Follow this track along the rock circuit route on the east side of I-93 for some great mountain biking trails. You'll follow this trail over a series of rocky outcrops with views towards Boston in the distance.
Use this guide to help you explore the best spots of Breakheart Reservation
Use this guide to explore a large loop encompassing all the major featurs of this 640 acre park. You will climb to the top of 5 different rocky hills and will pass along the shores of two beautiful lakes. There is a beach for you to relax at and from the top of your climbs you will have great views over the lakes and to the skyscrapers of Boston in...
3 mile hike through Bowers Spring, Bolton, MA
This is a pretty level and leisurely hike. The area around the ponds seems a popular location for dogs. There is a lot of beaver activity as well. I am not sure that horses are allowed in the Bolton Parks location, however they are allowed in the State and Harvard properties. Many of the trails in these areas are wide and well suited to horses....
3 mile hike through Vaughn Hills Conservation, Bolton, MA
This is another local afternoon hike. The variability in the terrain makes this hike a little more interesting and fun than some other hikes. The route I took was along the end of the beaver pond , around the rock 'face' of the hill and then up and over the top. the trails are pretty well marked and relatively easy going. There is some climbing over...
3-4 mile hike through Callahan State Park, Framingham, MA
This is just one of many routes that are possible through Callahan State Park. There are trails that criss-cross throughout the park and the adjacent Sudbury Conservation Land. The first trail - Pipeline - is probably the steepest trail along the hike. The trails are well marked, and there are trail maps placed through-out to help. Most of the trails...
3.4 mile hike through Callahan State Park, Framingham, MA
This is another hike in the Callahan State Park. This area of the park is more 'wilderness' trails. They tend to be narrower trails with steeper and rockier sections. Overall, still fairly easy hiking. There are several trails criss-crossing the area , all fairly well marked, however trail names are often difficult to find. There are a few maps...
2.2 mile trail near Northborough, Massachusetts
This is an hike through woods and along streams and marsh. Part of the trail is also a road. Not much to see this time of year but I imagine a fair number of birds during the warmer seasons. There are recent signs of beaver activity in the area.
Trips
Blue Hills Reservation - Skyline Loop
Milton, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 2.6 miles (31.1 miles away)
Hiking | 2.6 miles (31.1 miles away)
Our first hike of the Spring was a local one. We're trying to try more of the parks around Boston so we can get more hiking in than when we are up in Maine. Neither of us had ever been to Blue Hills, even though it's only 30 minutes from where we live in Cambridge.The trail was fairly steep in parts, but they were balanced with some significant flat sections...
Jenks Land to Guggins Brook Conservation Land
West Acton, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 2.3 miles (13.1 miles away)
Hiking | 2.3 miles (13.1 miles away)
Lincoln Trails: Mt Misery and Kettlehole Ponds in South Lincoln
Baker Bridge, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 1.3 miles (15.0 miles away)
Hiking | 1.3 miles (15.0 miles away)
The Lincoln Library recommended seven trails for Kids in Lincoln in 2010. We have tried three of them last year. This the 1st one this year.
Mt. Vernon, NH Waterfall Hike (Purgatory Brook)
Mt. Vernon, New Hampshire, United States
Hiking | 1.4 miles (24.7 miles away)
Hiking | 1.4 miles (24.7 miles away)
Stopped off for a quick hike. Love this one, easy terrain with a beautiful waterfall. Great little hike for families!And it looks like I was in Mt. Vernon, just outside of Milford, NH.
The 6th trail in Lincoln's Conservation Land. This is a wet week, rained in the morning. Again, this is another trail longer than 2 miles. QiQi and Quin completed the trail in about an hour and half. Have to pack my stuff and leave for New York City this afternoon.
Trying to find the bridge connecting the halves of Delaney. There's nothing where the guide shows it, and the other bridge has been broken for a LONG time.
This is a Sudbury Valley Trustee trail.http://www.sudburyvalleytrustees.org/maps?q=node/161
Lincoln School to Codman Bridge over MBTA Commuter Rail (Fitchburg Line)
Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 3.5 miles (14.5 miles away)
Hiking | 3.5 miles (14.5 miles away)
The last trial in the Lincoln Passport Program. We left around 3PM to give our chef some quite space in the kitchen to prepare the Thanksgiving day "turkey". Though it is the early winter, we saw five groups of people in the 1st half of the trail. We crossed three brooks and a few muddy spots. There were some trees decorated by kids from the Lovelane Riding Program, QiQi love the 'Bob...
