Come for the gentle, smooth, fire roads, stay for the wookies. An entry level mountain bike adventure awaits you at Chebacco Woods. The terrain is mostly easy to moderate with nice pond views along your route. Take the kids and let them get a sense of how great biking in the woods can be so […]
A great first ride for kids Want to initiate your family into the joys of mountain biking without worrying if they’ll be able to shred their way down a washout or peddle over gnarly roots without ditching on the side of the trail? Great Brook Farm in Carlisle, MA is the place for you. Lots of easy, groomed trails […]
The city of Cambridge closes Memorial Drive during the warm weather months on Sundays from 11 am to 7 pm. Along the Charles River between Western Avenue and Mount Auburn Street, a closed off Memorial Drive provides an urban, but car free, biking experience with wide, flat lanes that are great for children and adults of […]
For something a bit more ambitious, the Minuteman Bikeway offers an 11 mile paved asphalt ride between the Alewife T stop and Bedford. While it is an off road multi-use trail, there are some street crossings involved. This trail also passes by Arlington’s Great Meadow and, as it so happens, the Minuteman trail is the best way to […]
Photo Credit: Medeleine Ball For something less urban, try out the Battle Road Trail that connects Lexington and Concord. As part of Minuteman National Park, this is a must do if revolutionary war history is of interest to you as the trail marks the path once undertaken by British soldiers from Boston to Concord. Markers along the […]
Wear a helmet Share the road. When on a multi use path, keep to the right except when you’re passing. In case you’re wondering, bikes are allowed on MBTA Commuter Rail trains and the Red, Orange, and Blue subway lines during off peak hours and weekends. You don’t need a special pass or anything beyond the […]
It’s like Burning Man for your kids If you were born between 1950 and 1980 and grew up in greater Boston, you probably met Spooky the great horned owl at the Museum of Science. Always perfectly perched at the entrance to the museum, you could say ‘Hi’ to him while you waited forever in the line to […]
Fresh air. Fresh food. Smithsonian Magazine recently named Great Barrington, MA one of the 20 best small towns in America. Memorial Day weekend is a great time to visit Great Barrington, enjoy the outdoor activities of the surrounding Berkshires, and find out if Smithsonian Magazine really knows what it’s talking about. In addition to fulfilling the […]
A different kind of adventure awaits just across the state line OK, we’re 7 issues in now and “Zip Through the Morning” is probably the lamest headline we’ve included so far. The only other option was to include something out of the lyrics to the Velvet Underground song “Sunday Morning”. But that’s a somewhat obscure song […]
Spend An afternoon climbing a peak, discovering a waterfall, or both. With a belly full of pizza and a pack full of locally grown or prepared food, hunger won’t be a problem as you hike Monument Mountain. Mountain and river views await you after a 720 foot climb in elevation to the peak. The entrance to Monument […]