Boston Bike Rides

Our Favorite Boston Bike Ride Locations

Bike riding in Boston

There are a ton of Boston bike ride opportunities in the Greater Boston area and beyond west in the Bershires (ride the hills) , East with Cape Cod (ride the dunes) , to accommodate all levels of bicycle riding skills and abilities.

Cycling in Massachusetts offers great views, fantastic destination spots and hidden gems along the Emerald Necklace in Boston, Cape Code rail trails,  all the way out to Stockbridge, MA.

Biking in Boston

Rent a bike or grab a Boston bike ride share to start your biking adventure. And of course, safety first! Boston is rated high in biking enjoyment but nor great from an accident rate at 3.1 per 10,000 riders.

Boston Local Bike Rides

Arnold Arboretum
Bay Circuit Trail
Blue Hills Reservation
Cape Cod Rail Trail
Charles River Reservation
Charlestown Waterfront Bike Path
City Square Park
Deer Island
Emerald Necklace
Franklin Park
Fresh Pond Reservation
Independence Greenway
Jamaicaway
Millennium Park
Minuteman Bikeway
Mystic River Reservation
Neponset River Trail
Northern strand community trail
Paul Dudley White Bike Path
Southwest Corridor Path
Stony Brook Reservation

Boston Mountain Bike Trails

Abrams Rock / Village Park
Landlocked Forest
Adams Farm
Lansing Bennet Forest
Ames Nowell State Park
Leominster State Forest
Ashland State Park
Little Chauncy / Talbot Trails
Bare Cove / Great Esker
Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest
Beaver Brook North
Lynn Woods
Beebe Woods / Peterson Farm
Mashpee Woodlands
Beverly Commons
Massasoit State Park
Billerica State Forest
Maudslay State Park
Bird Street Conservation Area
Mendon Town Forest
Blackstone River Canal & Goat Hill
Middlesex Fells Reservation
Blue Hills Reservation
Montague Plains
Borderland State Park
Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Bradley Palmer State Forest
Mt Pisgah
Brooks Woodland Preserve
Myles Standish State Forest
Burrage Pond
Needham Town Forest
Callahan State Park
Nickerson State Park
Carney Park / Cold Harbor Trail
Noanet Woods
Carolina Hills
Noon Hill & Shattuck Reservation
Catamount State Forest
North Quabbin Trails Association
Charlemont Trails
October Mountain State Forest
Cleaveland Farm State Forest
Old Jail Lane
Copicut Woods – Bioreserve
Otis – Crane WMA
Cranberry Preserve
Pine Hills
Cutler Park Needham/Newton
Pittsfield State Forest
Destruction Brook Woods Preserve
Pratt Farm
Dighton Rock State Park
Quincy Trails
Dogtown
Robinson State Park
Douglas State Forest
Rocky Gutter
Dow Brook Conservation Area
Rocky Mountain Park
Eaton’s Pond
Rocky Woods, Medfield
Erving State Forest
Rocky Woods, Taunton
F. Gilbert Hills State Forest
Russell Mill, Chelmsford
Flat Rock Hill
Shawme-Crowell State Forest
Fletcher Pond
Southern New England Trunkline Trail
Fork Factory Brook
The Badlands
Four Ponds & Monks Park
The Boulders
Franklin State Forest
Trail of Tears
Freetown -Fall River State Forest
Upton State Forest
Georgetown-Rowley State Forest
Upton Town Trail System
Gordon College – Chebacco Woods
Vietnam, Milford
Grafton Town Trail System
Ward Reservation
Great Brook Farm State Park
Wendell State Forest
West Bridgewater State Forest
Greenough
West Hill Dam
Greylock Glen
Whitehall State Park
Groton Town Forest
Whitney Thayer Woods
Hale Reservation
Willow Street
Harold Parker State Forest
Willowdale State Forest
Higgins Crowell Road
Wompatuck State Park
Hodges Village Dam
World’s End
Hopkinton State Park
Wrentham State Forest
Kennedy Park
Yellick & Suasco – Stirrup Brook Trails
Kenneth Dubuque State Forest

Boston Rail Trails

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Amesbury Riverwalk

1.3 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Ashuwillticook Rail Trail

11.9 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Assabet River Rail Trail

8.6 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Bay Colony Rail Trail

1.7 mi

State: MA
Crushed Stone

Blackstone River Greenway

26.6 mi

State: MA, RI
Asphalt, Boardwalk, Crushed Stone, Dirt

Border to Boston Trail

10.7 mi

State: MA
Crushed Stone, Dirt

Bradford Rail Trail

1.3 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Bridge Street Bike Trail

1 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Bruce Freeman Rail Trail

11.7 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Canalside Rail Trail

3.6 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Cape Cod Canal Bikeway

13.9 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Cape Cod Rail Trail

27.5 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Center Trail

0.6 mi

State: MA
Crushed Stone

Charles River Bike Path

22.9 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Chicopee River Canal Rail Trail

0.21 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Clipper City Rail Trail & Harborwalk

3.9 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Boardwalk

Cochituate Rail Trail

1.1 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Concrete

Columbia Greenway Rail Trail

2.4 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Concord River Greenway

2 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Connecticut Riverwalk and Bikeway

5.4 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

East Boston Greenway

2.8 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Gloria Braunhardt Bike Path

1.2 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Dirt, Grass

Goose Pond Path

0.1 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Haggetts Rail Trail

2 mi

State: MA
Crushed Stone

Hanover Branch Rail Trail

2.6 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Head of the Meadow Trail

2 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Independence Greenway

5.3 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Lowell Canal System Trails

1.9 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Concrete

Manhan Rail Trail

9.6 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Marblehead Rail-Trail

4 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Dirt, Gravel, Sand

Mass Central Rail Trail

38 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Cinder, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel

Mattapoisett Rail Trail

1.1 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Methuen Rail Trail

2.4 mi

State: MA
Crushed Stone

Minuteman Commuter Bikeway

10.1 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Narrow-Gauge Rail-Trail

3 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt

Nashua River Rail Trail

12.3 mi

State: MA, NH
Asphalt

Nauset Trail

1.6 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Neponset River Greenway

8.2 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

North Bank Bridge

0.5 mi

State: MA
Concrete

North Central Pathway

8.9 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Northern Strand Community Trail

8 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Old Colony Rail Trail

8 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Old Eastern Marsh Trail

1.4 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Phoenix Bike Trail

4 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Pine Tree Brook / Popes Pond Path

2 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Dirt, Woodchips

Province Lands Bike Trail

7.7 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Redstone Rail Trail

1.4 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Salisbury Beach State Reservation Trail

0.6 mi

State: MA
Crushed Stone, Grass

Salisbury Point Ghost Trail

1.8 mi

State: MA
Crushed Stone

Salisbury Rail Trail Connector

0.3 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Shining Sea Bikeway

10.7 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

South Bay Harbor Trail

3.8 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Boardwalk, Brick, Concrete

South Spencer Rail Trail

1.62 mi

State: MA
Crushed Stone

Southwick Rail Trail

6.5 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Spicket River Greenway

3.5 mi

State: MA
Asphalt

Upper Charles Trail

13.2 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Upper Falls Greenway

1 mi

State: MA
Crushed Stone

Westville Lake Community Trail

0.7 mi

State: MA
Crushed Stone

Whitney Spur Rail Trail

1.6 mi

State: MA
Asphalt, Crushed Stone