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Massachusetts DCR Greenways and Trails Program: www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/greenway/index.htm Trails in MA state forests, parks, and reservations organized by type and then region: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/recreate/trails.htm National Park Service units in Massachusetts: http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parksearch/state.cfm?st=ma Statewide trail map in GIS format. Shows actual, underway and planned trail projects: www.state.ma.us/mgis/biketrails.htm Mountain bike trails with detailed maps and descriptions from mountain biking books at Trails.com: Bike rides on roads and paved pathways from road biking books at Trails.com: New England Mountain Bike Association has wide-ranging information on trails and events: www.nemba.org/ Bicycle Coalition of Massachusetts provides information on existing and planned bikeways and trails in the Boston area and statewide: www.massbike.org/bikeways/bikeways.htm Bike to the Sea promotes multi-use bikeways from Everett, MA to the Lynn beaches: www.biketothesea.com/ Blackstone River Bikeway will connect Worcester to Providence, RI along the Blackstone River: www.blackstoneriverbikeway.com/ About ten miles of the total 48 are finished. Connected to this is the 3.5 mile long Blackstone Canal Tow Path Trail in the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park: www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/blst.htm Cape Cod Bike Guide has detailed trail listings for both Cape Cod road and mountain biking: http://www.capecodbikeguide.com/ East Coast Greenway is a project to link seabord states with trails and on-road routes; information is available for all traversed states: ME, NH, Massachusetts, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, Washington DC, VA, NC, SC, GA, and FL: www.greenway.org/ Bay State Trail Riders Association works for the development of a system of all-purpose trails throughout New England: www.bstra.org/ Northhorse.com is the equine directory for Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire: www.northhorse.com/ The Horse and Travel site provides a list of Massachusetts horseback riding trails with links: www.horseandtravel.com/states/massachusetts_horse_trails.html Greenways and Community Trails Amherst Conservation Department maintains 25 trails including the Robert Frost Trail and has maps available at 4 Boltwood Ave., Amhert MA 01002 or contact conservation@amhertsma.gov Much of Boston HarborWalk linking the waterÕs edge to the cityÕs open space system from East Boston through Dorchester is complete: www.bostonharborwalk.com/placestogo/ East Boston Greenway Project is part of Boston Natural Areas Fund, the Trust for Public Land's "Greenways to Boston Harbor" initiative, and the Neponset River Greenway Project: www.geocities.com/eastbostongreenway/. Notes from East Boston Greenway Council meetings can be found at http://www.eastboston.com/ Cape Cod Trails Conference site includes Long Walks on Cape Cod, Contacts for Hikes on Cape Cod, and Scheduled Hikes: www.cctrails.org Cape Cod Pathways is a network of walking trails linking the 15 towns on Cape Cod: www.capecodcommission.org/pathways/ Coastal Trails Coalition plans a 30-mile trail network linking Amesbury, Newbury, Newburyport and Salisbury: http://coastaltrails.org Hiking Areas near Boston describes numerous trails and has a wide variety of hiking information: www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1171/ Concord River Greenway will connect downtown Lowell to Shedd Park and Rogers Fort Hill Park as part of the Bay Circuit Trail. Construction is scheduled to start in spring 2008: www.lowelllandtrust.org/Concord_river_greenway_project.html Housatonic River Walk is a greenway trail in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, created by community volunteers: www.gbriverwalk.org Construction on the Northern Strand Community Trail from Medford to Lynn began in the fall of 2007. Go to www.biketothesea.com/ and click on "The Northern Strand Trail" Wachusett Greenways works for trails and open space in the towns of Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling, and West Boylston: www.wachusettgreenways.org Williamsburg Woodland Trails is a project begun in 2002 to identify, improve, and sign the town's existing trails: www.williamsburgwoodlandtrails.org
Hiking trail maps, hike descriptions, and topographic maps at Trails.com: Walking trial maps, descriptions, and topographic maps at Trails.com: Hiking trails along the Appalachian Trail (AT) in Massachusetts at Trails.com: The Appalachian Trail runs 90 miles through the Berkshires of Massachusetts Bay Circuit Trail encircles the greater Boston area, from Kingston Bay in the south to Plum Island in the north, and will be 200 miles long when finished: www.baycircuit.org Metacomet-Monadnock Trail is a volunteer-maintained 114 mile trail from the Metacomet Trail on the CT state line to Mt. Monadnock in NH: http://amcberkshire.org/mm-trail Midstate Trail is a 92 mile hiking trail extending from Rhode Island through central Massachusetts to the Wapack Trail in New Hampshire: www.midstatetrail.org/ Taconic Crest Trail, 35 miles long, extends south from Vermont back and forth along the MA/NY border: www.berkshirehiking.com/hikes/taconic_crest.html Warner Trail is a 30 mile woodland trail from Canton MA to Diamond State Park in RI: http://www.amcsem.org/warner.html The Western Massachusetts ATV Association has information on maintenance projects, events, and trails to ride: www.westernmassatv.org/nonmember/index.html New England All Terrain Vehicle Association has photos, events, clubs, and riding areas: http://neatva.tripod.com/ New England Trail Riders Association includes contacts, news, and events: www.netra.org Whitcomb Summit provides accommodations and riding in the vicinity. Note that it has outdated information on ATV-friendly locations: www.whitcombsummit.com/ATV_Trails.htm Rail-trails including maps, access points, and history from rails-to-trails books at Trails.com: Ashuwillticook Rail Trail in the central-northern Berkshires stretches 11 miles from Lanesborough to Adams, with restrooms available along the way: www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/western/asrt.htm Assabet River Rail Trail will connect Marlborough to Maynard. The six miles of the trail in Marlborough and Hudson are finished, and several walkable sections are available in Stow, Maynard and Acton: www.arrtinc.org/ Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, begun in Oct. 2007, will be 25 miles long from Lowell to Framingham, and for nonmotorized use: www.brucefreemanrailtrail.org/ Bike Depot has an extensive Cape Cod Rail Trail site with photos, maps, and news: www.ccrailtrail.com/. More on trailside business and accomodation is at: www.trailsfromrails.com/cape_cod_trail.htm Friends of the Community Path in the Boston area aim to extend the Minuteman Bikeway/Linear Park from Somerville to Lechmere Square and the Charles River: www.pathfriends.org Central Highlands Conservancy plans to purchase former railroad corridors to preserve them for trail use: www.chc-llc.org/ Manhan Rail Trail will be an 8 mile multi-use path stretching from the southern border of Easthampton MA to downtown Northampton: www.manhanrailtrail.org/ The 104 mile Massachusetts Central rail line, abandoned in 1938; is being reassembled to connect dozens of communities: www.MassCentralRailTrail.org The paved Nashua River Rail Trail is 11 miles long, connecting Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable. The entire trail is open to pedestrians, bicyclists, inline skaters, wheelchairs, and cross-country skiers, and from Groton Center to the NH border there is an additional gravel path for horseback riding: www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/nash.htm New England Rail Trail site has existing and proposed trail information, maps, and articles for New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massacusetts, and New York: www.new-england-rail-trails.org Norwottock Rail Trail is part of the Connecticut River Greenway State Park and runs ten miles through Northampton, Hadley, and Amherst: www.hadleyonline.com/railtrail/ Topsfield Rail Trail Committee: the Trail runs four miles from Wenham to Boxford town line along former Danvers to Newburyport rail line: www.topsfieldtrail.org/ Wachusett Greenways , a grass roots team of volunteers, is working to expand a network of trails and open spaces linking the towns of Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, Sterling and West Boylston; current big project is the 30-mile planned Mass Central Rail Trail: www.wachusettgreenways.org
Connecticut River Water Trail, in Connecticut River Greenway State Park, runs from the Greenfield line to Hadley and Hatfield: www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/crgw.htm Canoeing, water trails, and other flatwater paddling routes on lakes and rivers at Trails.com: Whitewater Kayaking and Rafting, with maps and launch points at Trails.com: Sea kayaking routes with maps and launch points from kayaking books at Trails.com: Statewide Advocacy and Resources
Accessible and Assessed trails in MA state forests, parks, and reservations: www.mass.gov/dcr/universal_access/a-trail.htm Every rail trail in Massachusetts (built or not) is mapped in the GIS layer at: www.mass.gov/mgis/biketrails.htm | |
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Updated August 10, 2008
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