Bicycle trails
 

Are there any Bicycle trails around the lake..
We are not looking to do mountain biking.

Thank you

Do not want to open Pandora’s box but there is the WOW trail that runs from Belmont into Lakeport


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Cotton valley rail trail
 

The Cotton valley rail trail is a 12 mile trail between Wolfeboro and Wakefield that is used for walking and biking. It's an easy trail, mostly flat and hard packed gravel and has some nice scenery along it. One thing to note is there can be a lot of walkers including children along it so if you are biking expect some stops and starts as you try to pass them. Overall, it's a very nice easy trail. There is parking in Wolfeboro for it behind the Wolfeboro train station.
http://cottonvalleyrailtrail.org/

www.mccycleandsport.com in Laconia has scheduled group bicycle workouts where bicycle people go pedaling in a group around Lake Winnipesaukee and the Winnipesaukee River.

Ditto that for www.rhinobikeworksnh.com in Plymouth that's closer to Squam Lakes, Newfound Lake, and Rumney Rocks rock climbing cliffs.

"Click to view the Rhino bike rides" in the Group Ride Schedule is your link to an excellent list of suggested rides with 13 DIFFERENT MAP ROUTES complete with distances and details.

Why Joey, what in the world do you mean??!! :laugh:

Winnipesaukee River Trail:
https://www.traillink.com/trail/winn...e-river-trail/

The Northern Rail Trail goes through Franklin:
https://fnrt.org/

The Cotton Valley Trail has less walkers if you access it at a station east of Wolfeboro

If you're in the area of this trail, the Northern Rail Trail is really great ! It is LONG (if you want a long trail - you don't have to ride all of it of course), and is nice and straight. The ride is pretty, and there are some interesting places to stop along the way.

The Cotton Valley trail (Wolfeboro at one end) is somewhat difficult for bicyclers because the trail itself actually crosses the tracks MANY times. Where these crossing exist, it is generally necessary to slow WAY down to cross safely or you risk a serious fall.

I like to ride a tandem bike if an able and willing female partner is available ;) and with this (long) bike it is absolutely necessary to pretty much stop dead and walk the bike over these crossing areas.

On a single bike, some people ride carefully across the rail crossings, but you have to approach it at almost a 90 degree angle to be safe, and sometimes there isn't enough room to do that. In any event, you have to slow way down and be careful.

I so wish someone would fix these crossings. I would donate time and/or money to the cause. The trail would be SO much better if these dangerous crossings were corrected.

Anyway, the Northern Rail Trail is definitely worth checking out if you're anyway near to it. I am at Mirror Lake (Tuftonboro) so it takes an hour to get from my place to the nearest point on the Northern Trail - but I do it sometimes because the trail is really good.

Thank you
 

Thank you All Very much:D:cheers:

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