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Nobscot

Nearby Town: Sudbury, Massachusetts
Ride Type: Many Trails To Choose
Trail Type: Single Track 65%
Fire/Gravel Road 15%
Distance: 50.00 miles (80.45 KM)
Duration: not specified.
Elevation Gain: 300 Feet (91 Meters)
Climbing: Steep At Times
Skill Level: Weekend Warriors
User Density: not specified.



Trail Description:
This is a great place. Loads, and loads of barely used singletrack and lots of stuff for you weird trial people to trick off of. Also, there are plenty of places to make new trails. Very fast, but climbs are burning, technical. If chose road to top (Brimstone Lane) is a burner of a climb. Not to shabby.

How to get there:
Off Boston Post Road, Rt. 20, take Edgell Road for about 2.5 miles. Entry is about 450 yards past scout camp on right. Also, off Rt. 20, take Brimstone Lane. Entry at top. Parking lot at bottom and at top for those who just can't figure out what a bike is truly made for.


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Posted by: dh rider on 5/10/2007
this place is great for dh bikes. its steep and rocky. i just hope the boy scouts dont mind when i scream by them while their on a nature walk.


Posted by: N/A on 5/6/2007
Very nice trails, didint see anyone using them so, youll have them to yourself if you choose to go, the land in the guide is NOT part of the boy scout reservation, as i have camped there with my troop before. I dont know what the camp director is thinking, he is clearly either misled or thinking of something different. Just be careful not to stray onto the knox trail council land, and youll be fine.


Posted by: Sudbury Conservation Comm on 3/30/2006
These trails are currently open to mountain biking - however- too many bikes will get them closed very quickly if their is ecological damage. If you decide to try it, you must stay ont he trails. The Commenter who suggested making your own trails should know that is not permitted and is a good way to get mountian bikes vbanned from the area. Please stay on trails, walk bikes through wet areas, and do no ecological dmage.


Posted by: SPIDER-MAN on 9/19/2003
Even the Sudbury Town Conservation Commission website lists the scout reservation's private land as mountain bike permissible. In fact, it has a link to the Knox website. See icon keys in this town conservation website link www.sudbury.ma.us/services/conservation/custom/conservation.asp Further, the land abutting the Knox land to the south is a segment of Callahan State Park, a DEM owned property where mountain biking is ALSO permitted. In addition there are a number of other websites that state that mountain biking is allowed in the Nobscot area, and even one that states permission has been granted by the Knox Council to ride on their private property. Perhaps this is incorrect; however, to state that the trails described herein are not legal to ride on is incorrect. Further, seeking police intervention may prove to have legal ramifications, especially if one is riding on legal conservation area and entered such area from a town designated access point. Legal access point


Posted by: SPIDER-MAN on 9/19/2003
While a large portion of the Nobscot area is owned by the Knox Trail Council (Boy Scouts of America), there is a tract of land abutting this that is owned by the Town of Sudbury Conservation Commission, whom I visited with recently. The Nobscot area conservation land is legal to mountain bike on and, in fact, is detailed in the town's website as such, specifically stating that mountain biking IS allowed, see the following link: www.http://home.att.net/~sudbury.concom/conserva.htm#NOBSCOT Further, a map details the area: http://home.att.net/~sudbury.concom/maps/Nobscot.PDF The Knox Trail Council's land has frontage along Rt. 20, so parking at or near the boy scout camp (at the gated area on Rt. 20 -- Nobscot Road) would not be permissible since access to the area would cross the Knox land. It should also be noted that the Knox Council's own website welcomes visitors (but does prohibit bicycling on their property); however, the Sudbury Town Conservation Commission web


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