Outdoor Activities & Sports
Exploring on a bicycle is an unexpected and fun way to see
Massachusetts. And our rail trails, which are former railway lines
that have been converted to paths, are ideal for taking in all the
sites and scenes.
Check out the New Balance
Hubway, the Boston bike sharing system. Best of all,
whether you're a novice or experienced cyclist, you'll find a wide
variety of
rail trails throughout the state to choose and discover. Pedal
through salt marshes and pine woods on the 25-mile Cape Cod Rail Trail, formerly
the Old Colony Railroad right-of-way. Check out Revolutionary War
sites on the Minuteman
Bikeway that starts in Cambridge and rolls right by Lexington
Green. Cycle across the Connecticut River on an old Boston Maine
bridge on the Norwottuck
Rail Trail. And be sure to take your bikes to the Ashuwillticook, and enjoy the
great views of Mt. Greylock and the Hoosac Mountain range. If
you're into fixed base bicycle touring, try Ride Noho.
Events
Prince Hall Masons Bike Ride: Cycling Through
History
May 28, 2012
16 miles round trip
Start and Finish: Starbucks 222 Cambridge Street Boston
(Corner of Cambridge and Irving) Arrive 9:30. Leave at 9:45
This building was the home of Kittie Knox a well known (at the
time) biracial bicyclist of the 1890s. Many of her friends in the
Riverside Cycle Club were Prince Hall Masons, who cycled in the big
Boston cycle parades with Company L of the Massachusetts Sixth
Volunteer Militia, the first black military unit in U.S. History to
have its own black officers.
Copps Hill Burial Ground Ceremony 10:00 - 10:30
This is the burial place for Prince Hall. Location is Corner of
Hull and Snow Hill a block away from Commercial Street in the North
End.
Proclamation for May 28, 2012
princehall.org/Proclamations
Cambridge Common Prince Hall Monument Slates. Stop to collect
additional riders and take pictures 11:00- 11:10
See website below for more information
princehallmemorial.org/prince/
East Arlington Gardner Street Prince Hall Masons Cemetery 11:30
- 12:15 wikipedia.org/
Route:
From Cambridge Street Starbucks to Staniford to Causeway past TD
North Garden across North Washington turns into Commercial Street
then right on Hull (one block steep hill) to Copps Hill Burial
Ground. After ceremony down Snow Hill to Charter Street to
Commercial that turns into Causeway. Around TD Garden right on
Lomasney Way turns into Nashua Street then out along the Espanade
all the way to Harvard Bridge. Cross bridge. Diagonal left into JFK
Park. Cross small JFK park and follow signs for Alewife/Bike path
up as far as James Street slight right off of Brattle. Then Mason
Street off of James one block to Cambridge Common. From Cambridge
Common go on Concord Ave all the way down and then around the Fresh
Pond Mall, over the railroad bridge and to a small path that gets
us on to the Minuteman Bikeway. But instead of going all the way
out on the Minuteman in a few hundred yards we take a nice little
cut to the right on a new boardwalk over some marshes. This is the
Alewife Greenway. This goes almost all the way to the East
Arlington Prince Hall Cemetery. Keep on the Greenway until it ends,
then left on Cross Street and right immediately through small park
to Waldo. From there right turn on Marathon and then at Broadway
jog left to Gardner. Down Gardner several blocks and the Cemetery
is on the left. This route avoids a lot of traffic and gets us a
nice scenic route.
Quick Hits
Visit these great bike paths in the
Pioneer Valley from easygoing to challenging.
