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Georgetown-rowley State Forest Mountain Bike Trail
Georgetown, Massachusetts
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1 trail review |
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Difficulty:  Intermediate |
| Length: 0 miles | Global Rank: 1682 |
| Tread: Other | Configuration: Other |
| Ridden: 7 | Wishlist: 5 |
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Description: Georgetown-Rowley State Forest has all types of terrain from wide, gravel trails to tight, tough rocky and rooty singletrack. Definitely bring the bug spray. A main fire road runs from the trail head into Rowley and 133, and there are many trails off of this that again range in technicality, length, amount of obstacles and hills. When its wet, you will get muddy, lots of standing water at times. If you pass over 95 and take the first right and continue to take a right each time there is a fork, you will eventually go past a beaver dam and get onto an esker that will connect you to the Esker Ridge Trail in Rowley. All of this is part of the Bay Circuit Trail. Best bet is to get a copy of Stuart Johnstone's book about the 25 Best Places to Ride Near Boston. G-R is fairly easy to get lost in the first couple of times, but eventually you'll get use to it and find your way out.
added on July 31, 2003 by guest
Description: Georgetown-Rowley State Forest has all types of terrain from wide, gravel trails to tight, tough rocky and rooty singletrack. Definitely bring the bug spray. A main fire road runs from the trail head into Rowley and 133, and there are many trails off of this that again range in technicality, length, amount of obstacles and hills. When its wet, you will get muddy, lots of standing water at times. If you pass over 95 and take the first right and continue to take a right each time there is a fork, you will eventually go past a beaver dam and get onto an esker that will connect you to the Esker Ridge Trail in Rowley. All of this is part of the Bay Circuit Trail. Best bet is to get a copy of Stuart Johnstone's book about the 25 Best Places to Ride Near Boston. G-R is fairly easy to get lost in the first couple of times, but eventually you'll get use to it and find your way out.
added on July 31, 2003 by guest 
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reviewed by jdimento on November 4, 2008
the best place to start is in the parking lot of the Penn Brooke school (Gtown after school hours). There are a miltiple of trails that you need to mapquest and go over the 95 bridge. If you take the third right (lots of tree roots) follow it and it will eventually go over a paved road(gtown road). Cross the road and you will find a path that will put you on a "upland kame" that will snake between two marshes. This will go on for another 2 miles and you will enter another paved road. Crosss the road and there is a gate that you can enter and this brings you into a clearing at hoods pond in Topsfield. Then you can procede back the same way until you cross the horse bridge. From there there are 3-4 ways back to the parking lot and home. It is 9-10 mile trip and it is rather technical. It takes 2-3 trips to find your way. You should go over my directions with mapquest. However, it is private and challanging. It has some pretty spots but it is a 5 (1-10) for beauty. This bike ride is one our list of 6 trails that we go on but it not my favorite due to all the roots. It is challanging in sections. The upland Kame is really neat.
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Additional Massachusetts Mountain Bike Info
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 | Mountain Bike America Boston |  | 25 Mountain Bike Tours in Massachusetts: From Cape Cod to the Connecticut River, Second Edition |
 | Mountain Biking the Berkshires | ||
