Maudslay State Park
I took the 40 year old Armstrong to Newburyport’s Maudslay State Park, not a rail trail but a nice walk in the woods nonetheless. The park is billed as a multi-use park which includes cycling. And it does, but a great many of the trails are a challenge, more suitable to fat tire and mountain bikes. Not that you can’t do them with a road only bike, but you may want to wear those padded bike shorts you bought but don’t wear cause they feel silly.
[download the PDF printable map]
I only did a few of the many trails, and the surfaces range from deep canopied woods with roots and mulch, to sand and rocks – I only had to dismount once for a rocky uphill but then I am more foolish than most. The trail markers are missing in most places, so PRINT the map and bring exact change for the $2 parking ticket machine.
It is a very very nice park, with many scheduled events.
Maudslay State Park site
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