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SaveHale is a private, non-profit education organization that manages 1,137 acres in Westwood and Dover, Massachusetts.
Hale has generously kept its trails open to mountain biking. There is a tremendous variety of easy double track and intermediate single track throughout the property. Most riders park at the Cat Rock Parking Lot and start their rides from there. There are many kids, hikers, and dog walkers, so please respect the multi-use nature of this property.
Any rider that is looking for tech just need to take any number of small singletracks off the main trails and they will hit some of the most challenging technical trails in Southeast Massachusetts. Many of the trails traverse the day camps at the beaches, rope courses and lodges throughout the park. Please give active participants the room they need to continue their activities.
From Hale, the rider can connect to any number of different riding areas. Satan’s Kingdom is on the border of the area known as Sen Ki just south of Hartford Street. This area offers a 2-mile technical loop for the most accomplished riders and is well worth the trip if you like that sort of thing. Another notable technical singletrack is the trail called the Strawberry Hill Singletrack (not to be confused with the Strawberry Hill Trail). This 1 mile long technical trail offers challenges along the entire trail. At the completion of the trail, the rider will either love the challenges and turn around and head back for more, or humbly head to other areas of the park. On the northeast corner of the park is one of my favorite trails called Big Sucker. This trail starts out on the powerlines then dumps into the woods about a quarter mile from the start. Just in the woods it splits providing a left and right option. I prefer to go left as it offers more trail and a variety of challenges for the rider. This is a tough trail to navigate cleanly but it doesn’t include the terrifying drops and rollers that the rider will find at Satan’s Kingdom.
Noanet Woodlands shares the western border with Hale and provides lots of easy carriage trails and a few flowy singletrack. Just to the southeast of Noanet, connected by public easement trails, is Rocky Woods and the Fork Factory Brook area where the rider will find a large variety of fun trails to explore. For the adventurous, the rider can connect Adam’s Farm from Fork Factory Brook for a long 20-mile ride or head over to Needham Town Forest to the north of Hale and continue to be challenged with lots of technical trails. Both Adam’s Farm and Needham town forest can be connected with not much more than a mile of paved roads.
Trailforks has added a large number of routes the rider can explore from the 2019 Turkey Afterburner Event. Check out any of these routes that include small, 2-mile family loops to epic connector trails to the adjoining parks.
ABOUT HALE:
Hale Education, Inc. is a private nonprofit widely recognized for our flagship camps, youth programs, family and community activities, school partnerships, and professional development opportunities. We serve several thousand children and families from 70 Greater Boston communities annually, and invite visitors to enjoy our 1,100+ acres of forests, ponds, and meadows in Westwood and Dover, Massachusetts. Our programs and land management practices are the legacy of our founder, Robert Sever Hale, who encouraged people to patronize the property in ways that are “charitable and benevolent in nature…to provide education which will develop intelligent, capable, and responsible citizens.”
Hale has generously kept its trails open to mountain biking. There is a tremendous variety of easy double track and intermediate single track throughout the property. Most riders park at the Cat Rock Parking Lot and start their rides from there. There are many kids, hikers, and dog walkers, so please respect the multi-use nature of this property.
Any rider that is looking for tech just need to take any number of small singletracks off the main trails and they will hit some of the most challenging technical trails in Southeast Massachusetts. Many of the trails traverse the day camps at the beaches, rope courses and lodges throughout the park. Please give active participants the room they need to continue their activities.
From Hale, the rider can connect to any number of different riding areas. Satan’s Kingdom is on the border of the area known as Sen Ki just south of Hartford Street. This area offers a 2-mile technical loop for the most accomplished riders and is well worth the trip if you like that sort of thing. Another notable technical singletrack is the trail called the Strawberry Hill Singletrack (not to be confused with the Strawberry Hill Trail). This 1 mile long technical trail offers challenges along the entire trail. At the completion of the trail, the rider will either love the challenges and turn around and head back for more, or humbly head to other areas of the park. On the northeast corner of the park is one of my favorite trails called Big Sucker. This trail starts out on the powerlines then dumps into the woods about a quarter mile from the start. Just in the woods it splits providing a left and right option. I prefer to go left as it offers more trail and a variety of challenges for the rider. This is a tough trail to navigate cleanly but it doesn’t include the terrifying drops and rollers that the rider will find at Satan’s Kingdom.
Noanet Woodlands shares the western border with Hale and provides lots of easy carriage trails and a few flowy singletrack. Just to the southeast of Noanet, connected by public easement trails, is Rocky Woods and the Fork Factory Brook area where the rider will find a large variety of fun trails to explore. For the adventurous, the rider can connect Adam’s Farm from Fork Factory Brook for a long 20-mile ride or head over to Needham Town Forest to the north of Hale and continue to be challenged with lots of technical trails. Both Adam’s Farm and Needham town forest can be connected with not much more than a mile of paved roads.
Trailforks has added a large number of routes the rider can explore from the 2019 Turkey Afterburner Event. Check out any of these routes that include small, 2-mile family loops to epic connector trails to the adjoining parks.
ABOUT HALE:
Hale Education, Inc. is a private nonprofit widely recognized for our flagship camps, youth programs, family and community activities, school partnerships, and professional development opportunities. We serve several thousand children and families from 70 Greater Boston communities annually, and invite visitors to enjoy our 1,100+ acres of forests, ponds, and meadows in Westwood and Dover, Massachusetts. Our programs and land management practices are the legacy of our founder, Robert Sever Hale, who encouraged people to patronize the property in ways that are “charitable and benevolent in nature…to provide education which will develop intelligent, capable, and responsible citizens.”
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
AKA: Hale
Land Status: Private Property
Land Manager: Hale Education, Inc.
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- Mountain Bike
97 trails
- Horse
23 trails
- Hike
97 trails
- Trail Running
96 trails
- Snowshoe
22 trails
- Nordic Ski
22 trails
Region Details
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- 3
- 33
- 27
- 21
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- Avg Trail Rating
- Trails (view details)
- 98
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 97
- Trails Horse
- 23
- Trails Hike
- 97
- Trails Trail Running
- 96
- Trails Snowshoe
- 22
- Trails Backcountry Ski
- 2
- Trails Nordic Ski
- 22
- Total Distance
- 31 miles
- Total Descent
- 2,941 ft
- Total Vertical
- 243 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 399 ft
- Reports
- 616
- Photos
- 87
- Ridden Counter
- 25,874
Popular Hale Education Mountain Biking Trails
Hale Education Mountain Bike Routes
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Nov 12, 2023Current Trail Warnings
status | trail | date | condition | user | info |
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To Stone Wall Flow | Nov 17, 2024 @ 11:17am Nov 17, 2024 | Dry | WnK3dF | There are multiple fallen trees blocking... | |
Stone Wall Connector | Nov 17, 2024 @ 11:00am Nov 17, 2024 | Dry | WnK3dF | Fallen tree is blocking the trail. |
Recent Trail Reports
status | trail | date | condition | info | user |
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Crooked Roote | Dec 1, 2024 @ 9:34am 3 days | Ideal | mappermook TRAILFORKS | ||
Eagle Scout Bridge Doubletrack | Dec 1, 2024 @ 9:34am 3 days | Variable | mappermook TRAILFORKS | ||
Oak Hill (black) | Dec 1, 2024 @ 9:34am 3 days | Ideal | mappermook TRAILFORKS | ||
Grossman Camp Road | Dec 1, 2024 @ 9:34am 3 days | Dry | mappermook TRAILFORKS | ||
Pond Connector | Dec 1, 2024 @ 9:34am 3 days | Ideal | mappermook TRAILFORKS | ||
Ditch It! | Dec 1, 2024 @ 9:34am 3 days | Ideal | mappermook TRAILFORKS | ||
ABC Connector | Dec 1, 2024 @ 9:34am 3 days | Dry | mappermook TRAILFORKS | ||
Cabin Access Rd to Noanet Pond | Dec 1, 2024 @ 9:34am 3 days | Ideal | mappermook TRAILFORKS | ||
Grossman Camp Singletrack | Nov 30, 2024 @ 2:29pm Nov 30, 2024 | Ideal | mappermook TRAILFORKS | ||
Oak Hill (green) | Dec 1, 2024 @ 11:52am 3 days | Dry | MikeDuclos |
Activity Feed
username | action | type | title | date |
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Lesscheid | wishlist | route | activity #62591417 and 1 more | Dec 2, 2024 @ 1:05am 2 days |
mappermook | add | report | activity #62589949 and 9 more | Dec 1, 2024 @ 11:32pm 2 days |
cmeal | wishlist | route | activity #62587181 | Dec 1, 2024 @ 8:23pm 2 days |
PiotrT5VEeO | wishlist | route | activity #62586446 | Dec 1, 2024 @ 7:25pm 2 days |
PiotrT5VEeO | wishlist | region | activity #62586405 | Dec 1, 2024 @ 7:21pm 2 days |
Recent Comments
username | type | title | comment | date |
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trail | Correction, it was just moved. Rode it today... | Apr 27, 2024 @ 11:25am Apr 27, 2024 | ||
trail | A fun trail in both directions, but I think... | Dec 16, 2023 @ 1:18pm Dec 16, 2023 | ||
trail | This used to be techy, but someone has layed... | Oct 19, 2023 @ 9:51am Oct 19, 2023 | ||
trail | AFAICT this bridge is well underwater and... | Sep 20, 2023 @ 5:05pm Sep 20, 2023 | ||
trail | Nice little skills park here. | Jun 6, 2023 @ 12:15pm Jun 6, 2023 |
Nearby Areas
name | distance | ||||
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Noanet Woodlands | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1.2 km | |
Satan's Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 km | |
Lowell Woods | 8 | 2 | 1.9 km | ||
Dedham Town Forest | 7 | 10 | 2.3 km | ||
Needham Town Forest | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2.6 km |
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Bike & Skill Parks
name | type | city | rating |
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Hale Reservation Skills Park | skill park | Westwood |
Activity Type Stats
activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
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Mountain Bike | 97 | 31 miles | 2,927 ft | 12 miles | 243 ft | #547 | #291 | 86 | 616 | 39 | 9,782 | |
Horse | 23 | 3 miles | 312 ft | 1 mile | 177 ft | #163 | #138 | 41 | 1 | 2 | ||
Hike | 97 | 31 miles | 2,854 ft | 12 miles | 243 ft | #370 | #237 | 1 | 615 | 5 | 264 | |
Trail Running | 96 | 31 miles | 2,854 ft | 12 miles | 243 ft | #373 | #237 | 615 | 5 | 599 | ||
Snowshoe | 22 | 2 miles | 213 ft | 4,931 ft | 177 ft | #1,157 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Backcountry Ski | 2 | 1,165 ft | 59 ft | 863 ft | 59 ft | |||||||
Nordic Ski | 22 | 3 miles | 282 ft | 1 mile | 233 ft | #490 | #297 | 2 | 6 |
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