Middlesex Fells Reservation

Great Brook Farm State Park

Parking is a little limited and a little difficult to find. Best way I can describe it is to turn onto Town Forest Rd off of Route 225 in Groton, MA. Follow Town Forest Rd all the way to the end. The road will turn into a partial dirt / paved road half way down. Keep going. Then, when it looks like you reached a dead end, as Town Forest Rd runs into Wharton Row, keep going. If you look quickly to your right you will see a tiny Groton Town Forest sign. Go a little further down the dirt road and you will be at the parking lot. Good job you found it!
If you have a GPS, set your destination to these coordinates: [42.597604, -71.604864].

Groton Town Forest

Callahan is a great place if you want to get in a quick spin after work. It is definitely not a weekend destination ride. Mainly cross country trails with some fireroads mixed in. The trails are split into two distinct sections. North and South of Edmands Rd.
The south side is mainly made up of doubletrack trails with a some sections of singletrack mixed in. This side is also where you will run into a lot of walkers, dogs and sometimes horses. Nothing terribly technical on this side of the park. With the Hawk trail being one of the funner trails going from south to north. If you explore enough you will find some fun, so explore away, it is almost impossible to get lost on this side.
The north side of the trails is interesting. It starts with one hell of a technical climb when crossing over from the south side. The roots and rocks on the north side are a plenty. Unfortunately, the trails on the north side are horribly marked, yes, there are some blue markers but they often just end or lead you to a dead end. Luckily, there are park signs posted at times to help you out. The north side is definitely more technical and has a ton of climbing, so only venture over if you have some time. If you do venture over, I highly recommend hitting the Meadow trail. It isn't especially difficult, but there is something about hammering down the singletrack around the meadow that is especially fun. It is also a great place to stop and take a break while eating a bar on one of the benches over looking the meadow.

Callahan State Park

Gordon College is located off of Route 128 on the northshore of Massachusetts. Exit off of Route 128 at Exit 17 and turn left (if heading north on 128) and Gordon College will be right over the 128 overpass on the right hand side of the road.
I have always found it easiest to park at the college itself. If you enter Gordon College Rd off of Grapewine Rd head towards the back of the campus. Right by the Jenks Learning Resource Center there is a whole block of visitor parking spots.

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