Lake Massabesic Mountain Biking Trails

The Lake Massabesic Watershed hosts a network of about 12 miles of singletrack trails that are technical and wind through the woods in a manner that would be very confusing for a non-cyclist. But on a bike, everything makes sense as one singletrack trail leads naturally to another with only a short fire road break to separate them. And speaking of the fireroads, there are over 20 miles of them. They're much easier going than the singletracks and are perfect for just buzzing around when you don't want to challenge yourself too strenuously. The Rockingham Recreational Rail trail runs through the network and provides great bicycle access or a flat easy way to bicycle in the area if you have young kids on small singlespeed bicycles.

The singletrack trails wind in and around an endless succession of rocks, roots, trees and small hills. At times you almost think that you're riding the same trail backwards. They're that convoluted. And if you're riding the trails with a number of riders, you'll frequently see them a few yards off in the woods, on their own portion of the trail that you're riding on. And unlike most trails, with these singletracks, it doesn't matter which way you ride them. They're equally fun in both directions and they'll seem totally different when you ride them 'backwards'.

The singletrack trail system was originally built and maintained by the now defunct organization, FOMBA, The Friends of Massabesic Bicycling Association. The trails are currently maintained the Southern NH Chapter of NEMBA (New England Mountain Biking Association)