From Boston, take Rte 2 West past the rotary to the first Rte 111 exit. This is a left lane exit just past the traffic light after the rotary. Continue straight at the traffic light, crossing Rte. 27. The high school is just past the traffic light on the right.
From the West, exit Rte 2 at Newtown Road, the first exit east of Rte 495. This becomes Central St in Acton. Continue on this until the first traffic light at Rte 111. Turn left. Continue about a mile to the high school on the left.
All rides are completely arrowed. There will be at least two arrows on the ground before each turn and one after.
The arrow design looks like this:
with the arrow head pointing in the direction of travel.
The split for the century and the 50/metric is at mile 16. The split for the 50/metric is at mile 23 on the 50/metric route
| Water Stop | 50 Mile Route | 62 Mile Route | 100 Mile Route | Open Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunenburg | 25 miles | 8 - 10am | ||
| Wilton | 52 miles | 10 am - 1 pm | ||
| Pepperell | 26 miles | 36 miles | 77 miles | 10 am - 3 pm |
There is a store in Townsend, MA on Rte 119 at mile 33 and a store in Brookline, NH at mile 67.
There will be portajohns at the stops. Please use them.
If you ride with a group, please try to limit the group size to no more than 8 riders. Large groups make it difficult for cars to pass which is inconsiderate to drivers. If you find yourself in a large group, consider backing off and trying to create another smaller group.
Please don't ride several abreast making it impossible for cars to pass you. Be aware of traffic, and if a car wants to pass, get into single file immediately. The local police departments will ticket riders that flagrantly disregard these rules.
GPS Data: All are in GPX format. Right click or control-click (Mac) and select "Save target" or "Save link" depending on your browser. If you use Internet Explorer to download the GPS files, you should change in the file extension (three characters after the period) to "gpx".
Century (100 miles), Metric (62 miles), Half (50 miles)
"Ride with GPS" Data: GPS data above uploaded to the ridewithgps web site shows cuesheets and elevation profiles for the rides.