18 March 2007

Horse Shoe's Favorite Trails

I just wanted to add some trails from Bedford.

I really like the "Wilderness Park" trails. The main entrance is from the sidewalk along Springs Road, just north of the VA Hospital. You can park in the big parking lot on the left side of the road, then cross the road to get to the sidewalk. The trail begins almost directly across from the parking lot entrance which is farthest from the VA Hospital.

There are some almost-unrideable spots in these trails. I'm sure I've never made it all the way around without stopping at some point. On the main trail, there is a steep dropoff over some stone steps just before a wooden bridge crosses the first stream. This one is rideable downhill (with my full-suspension bike and knowledge of it) but I've never made it going up.

There are two more entrances to this area, but they are fairly obscure:
1) From the end of Lantern Lane, you can cross a stream (sometimes there is a home-made bridge of sorts there) and then walk through a 100-foot wide swamp area, and get to a rough track which runs to the left and eventually to the main trail loop.
2) From some ramshackle old barracks or warehouses beyond the nets of the driving range of the golf course at the VA Hospital, there is an old road which runs down into the Wilderness Park.

I will try to post a map of the trails later.

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