[Chris]

This is fucking awesome. I picked up a Garmin GPS unit for my MTB, $150, here:

http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Edge-20...com Garmin 205

It has a USB port on it, so you can upload your routes after a ride to their database, and tag it with where you were, eg "Boston, MA, Blah Blah State Park". The GPS itself tells you everything you did - max speed, distance, elevation, etc, etc.

So we're gonna do this later:

Dogtown, Gloucester

The dude that plotted it out alredy has his entire route in there:



So you can search on your state, activity, etc (eg: "Cycling and Massachusetts") and it'll return all the current filtered stuff people have uploaded, how long it took them, etc, etc.

Fucking sweet, it's a free site too.

[Kingda Ka]

Dogtown is a mere 5 minutes from the Causeway Restaraunt, which has the world's best fish chowder for $5.99.

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/103...13703785UdFDFp

http://www.nemba.org/ridingzone/dogtown.html

http://www.nemba.org/

I have hiked in there a few times, and the place is HUGE. It is sort of like Pawtuckaway, since it is encircled by road, and offers tons of terrain ranging from relaxed trails to technical singletrack that is best suited for experts....or people like us who are not afraid of pain and the occasional trip over the handlebars into a boulder or tree.

Another great spot is behind Gordon College in Beverly.

http://trails.mtbr.com/cat/united-st...3_4554crx.aspx

http://trails.mtbr.com/cat/united-st...54_912crx.aspx

Amazingly, the flagship of trail systems north of Boston is in Lynn, which is not usually associated with wilderness adventure. I have been there, and it is quite imppressive.

http://trails.mtbr.com/cat/united-st...0_4554crx.aspx

And another BIG park, at 3000 acres it is 7 times the size of Maudslay.

http://trails.mtbr.com/cat/united-st...6_4554crx.aspx

That one is only 20 minutes away.