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Road biking Guides and Trips in Massachusetts
Below are popular Road biking guides and trips in Massachusetts that you can use to plan your next adventure. You can download guides, including a detailed map, description and points of interest for a small fee to your iPhone or Android.
Guides
Touring Boston via public parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted
Follow this guide along the Charles River Bike Path all the way out to the Blue Heron Bike Path in Waltham and back.
Three urban adventures perfect for families.
Monuments, sculptures beckon in Boston Public Garden
This historic path will take you off the main roads from Arlington to Bedford, MA.
Get familiar with the famous Boston Marathon route! Ride, run, walk or be a spectator at the various mile markers!
This leisurely ride takes you to some of Boston's wonderful waterways, following the beautiful Charles River paths.
This 3.5 mile path will take you safely back from the Arnold Arboretum and Franklin Park to downtown Boston
Use this guide to explore the smallest town in New England
A great bike path connecting the Minuteman Bikeway in Bedford to Concord the Great Meadows Wildlife Refuge
Take a walk through history to the first shots of the Revolutionary War that gave birth to this country.
Take a loop ride around the coast of Gloucester by car or bike to enjoy the coastal community life.
Trips
Assabet River Rail Trail (ARRT), Bike Ride From Marlborough to Hudson
Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States
Road biking | 10.5 miles
Road biking | 10.5 miles
We started from Marlborough side, street parking at 9 Cashman Street (Greek Orthodox Church). The round trip is 10.5 mile with all trail paved and only a few intersections with busy roads. Slight downhill all the way from Marlborough to Hudson line--about 1/3 of total distance. There is portable bathroom right after passing the tunnel of town border. ARRT cross Assabet River twice in Hudson. This part of river is not safe for paddling. However,...
The annual Cape Cod trip, this year with Andy and Steve G. Train to Plymouth, ride to hostel at Eastham, then on to Provincetown and the fast ferry home. Steve missed the train so we took a leisurely ride to the bridge and he caught up with us at lunch. This was a banner year for weather, with sun and temperatures in the 70's. Total counting...
CRW - Newbie Ride - 42mile/fastpace
Needham Heights, Massachusetts, United States
Road biking | 40 miles
Road biking | 40 miles
This was the Charles River Wheelmen (CRW) newbie ride. http://www.crw.org/ There was a choice of 19/28/42 mile rides and a choice of fast-ish or slow-ish pace for each. All rides were arrowed and cue sheets given out. Then seperated into our groups.Silly me... I choose the 42 mile fast pace for my first group road ride ever. Why not right? After some brief instructions regarding hand signals and pace line riding we...
Hull to Cape Cod century ride (TDC day one)
Hull, Massachusetts, United States
Road biking | 101 miles
Road biking | 101 miles
Day one of Cape Cod tour (TDC), which we've been riding every summer since 1992. This is a 100 mile road bike ride from Hull, MA, to Orleans on the Cape. The route follows secondary roads, including the Claire Saltonstall bikeway from Plymouth to the Sagamore bridge, then goes through Sandwich with a long lunch stop at the Taverna Steakhouse. Back on the road, the route meanders east until South Dennis, where...
Orleans to Cahoon Hollow beach, Cape Cod (TDC day two)
Orleans, Massachusetts, United States
Road biking | 11.2 miles
Road biking | 11.2 miles
Day two of Cape Cod bike tour. This is a 22 mile round trip from Seashore Park Inn in Orleans, Massachusetts to Cahoon Hollow in Wellfleet, the Cape's best beach, and site of the Cape's best bar and seafood emporium (the Beachcomber). The general plan of the day is to go out for a hearty breakfast in Orleans, then get on the bikes and ride to Cahoon Hollow late in the morning,...
