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- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
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- Double Black Diamond
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- Minor Issue / Yellow
- Significant Issue / Amber
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- Land Owner Overlay
- Wilderness (typically no bikes in USA)
- BLM (public)
- USFS (Wildlife sanctuaries darker than usfs)
- State land
- Indigenous
- Military
Trail Conditions
- Unknown
- Snow Packed
- Snow Covered
- Freeze/thaw Cycle
- Icy
- Prevalent Mud
- Wet
- Variable
- Dry
- Very Dry
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Hodges Village Dam, located less than a mile west of the Sutton Avenue exit (4W) of Route 395, on Howarth Road off Charlton Street, Oxford, MA, has some of the most diverse and interesting trails in central MA. There is no permanent lake behind the dam which was built by the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control. It is filled only temporarily with runoff from rainwater which would otherwise cause flooding problems downstream. The lands upstream of the dam are open to the public providing hundreds of acres of forest, shrub meadows, glacial topography and wetlands, all interlaced with outstanding trails.
There are some blazes painted on the trees that will let you know which side of the dam you are on and which direction you are headed, but they don't mark specific trails. Blue blazes mark the east side trails. Orange blazes mark the west side trails. In both cases, a plain blaze means that you are headed away from the dam (mostly north) and a black dot in the middle of the blaze means you are headed toward the dam (generally south). Yellow triangles mark the Midstate Trail which runs across the project, mostly east to west. Red and white stripes painted on the trees are Corps of Engineers boundary markers, not trails.
There are some blazes painted on the trees that will let you know which side of the dam you are on and which direction you are headed, but they don't mark specific trails. Blue blazes mark the east side trails. Orange blazes mark the west side trails. In both cases, a plain blaze means that you are headed away from the dam (mostly north) and a black dot in the middle of the blaze means you are headed toward the dam (generally south). Yellow triangles mark the Midstate Trail which runs across the project, mostly east to west. Red and white stripes painted on the trees are Corps of Engineers boundary markers, not trails.
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
AKA: Hodges, Oxford
google parking directions Region Details
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Open on Jun 21, 2018
Stats
- Global Ranking
- #4,990
- State Ranking
- #60
- Trails (view details)
- 24
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 24
- Trails Hike
- 24
- Trails Trail Running
- 24
- Total Distance
- 14 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 5 miles
- Total Descent
- 1,121 ft
- Total Vertical
- 74 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 541 ft
- Reports
- 1
- Photos
- 5
- Ridden Counter
- 175
Popular Hodges Village Dam Mountain Biking Trails
Recent Trail Reports
| trail | date | user | ||
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| Trail 1 | Jun 21, 2018 @ 1:28pm Jun 21, 2018 | Mtbmike007 |
Photos of Hodges Village Dam Mountain Bike
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Jun 15, 2018Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
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 | report | Fast | Jun 26, 2018 @ 2:25pm Jun 26, 2018 |
Recent Activity
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lpetsching | add | ridelog | Dec 8, 2018 ride log | Dec 8, 2018 @ 6:22am 1 days |
| Lpetsching | add | ridelog | Dec 7, 2018 ride log | Dec 7, 2018 @ 9:10am 2 days |
| Lpetsching | add | ridelog | Dec 6, 2018 ride log | Dec 6, 2018 @ 9:45am Dec 6, 2018 |
| Lpetsching | add | ridelog | Dec 5, 2018 ride log | Dec 5, 2018 @ 10:16am Dec 5, 2018 |
| Lpetsching | add | ridelog | Dec 4, 2018 ride log | Dec 4, 2018 @ 11:15am Dec 4, 2018 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton State Forest | 4 | 1 | 7.2 km | ||
| Marois 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8.4 km | |
| Rayburn Trail Network | 26 | 8.4 km | |||
| Douglas State Forest | 6 | 22 | 4 | 8.6 km | |
| Potter Hill Trails | 13 | 8.9 km |
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