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Bradbury Mountain State Park
19 reviews
4.58 of 5
Typical Eastern conditions according to weather, well maintained and rideable for beginners, but plenty of technical stuff too. Steep climbs, excellent downhills.
Exit 20 off 95,sign says Freeport/Durham, from the south go right, across the overpass, from the north, turn left,then go left at stop sign. Stay on this road until blinking red light,corner store to you're
left, turn right onto Rte.9,less than 1 mi.,Parking on the left, Camping on the right. 1$ donation per person, honor system if no Rangers present. Camping costs 11$ per night.
Summary: I just spent a week on vacation at Crescent Lake...about 20 minutes from Bradbury. We rode Bradbury three times. What a great spot. From the "O" trail area in the knights woods section to the trails like fox east, ginn and regan and all that new singletrack just put in...makes for 3 hours of really great and fun riding. Not overly technical...but you need skills to flow. I am from northern nj where we have tons of fantastic technical trails on the local mountains in northern nj and lower hudson valley ny and I have to say that I had a blast up at Bradbury. Many thanks go out to the trail creators and maintaines and rangers at that park. They do a very good job.
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Summary: Bradbury Mountain State Park is actually located in Pownal, Maine, just 6 miles from Freeport. The description of the trails says there are 6.5 miles of trails there, but it is more than double that as of November of 2005. The park rangers with help from the local cycling community have been building some sweet singletrack for several years now.
All of the new stuff is accross the street from the mountain itself, beginning near the camping area. Tight, technical, rocky, rooty and occassionally smooth, the trails are probably the best in the southern Maine area. (I'm not saying that just because I helped build some of them either!) Beginners can ride most of it, but intermediates and experts will really love it. There are a few short technical climbs mixed in with the existing snowmobile trails and double track climbs that anyone can enjoy. These lead to switchback descents that flow very well.
New log and elevated wood bridges span some of the worst soft spots and offer a balance challenge to those who care to try. Its not North Shore, but still fun. Its very easy to spend half a day there now if you have the legs and lungs to ride both sides of the mountain. If you ride it all, try reversing your direction and riding them again. Most are fun in either direction and have their own challenges depending on the which way you are headed.
Riding usually starts in May, but some of the singletrack will need to dry out before you can enjoy it. (June usually) The trails on the mountain side and the doubletrack which has been there for years, can be ridden earlier, but its not as challenging technically.
Shameless Plug: the Bradbury Mountain Challenge mountain bike race will be held there June 4th this year. Its part of the Eastern Fat Tire Association's Championship Series and always a lot of fun!
See you on the trails!
Recommended Route: I like the Knights Woods trails and connecting singletrack the best, but you really can't go wrong here.
Other recommended trails in the same area: The river trail in Portland keeps getting better every year and has lots of challenging parts including North Shore style elevated wood sections.
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Summary: This trail is just great and keeps getting better. They have cut a bunch of really sweet new singletrack this summer which is broken in and really fun and fast. Most of the singletrack and linking snowmobile trails are on the other side of the road from the mountain itself - good variety of some climbs and downhills. Bradbury Mtn itself is a short, fun climb (gets my HR up a bit - hey, it is MOUNTAIN biking after all) with some fast descents. The rangers bike themselves and are very cool and helpful with maps and tips. They have more plans to expand too! Kick @ss!
Recommended Route: We atart by crossing from the parking lot at base of Bradbury, go straight in and take the largest loop you can counter-clockwise (see map they give you) this lets you come back through the cool flowy new singletrack. We then mess around on some new singletrack and snowmobile paths closer to the parking lot, cross back over the hwy to the mountain, go up and down to the parking lot. Can be done in 90 min tops but you can easily make it much longer with little overlap in the trails.
Other recommended trails in the same area: Portland River Trail and Kingdon Trails in VT. Still want to try My Ag and Reed St. Park
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Summary: This place is great, well maintained park, constantly addin and improving. The new single track is awesome and teh ranger told me tehy just aquired a ton of land on the other side of the high way so more to come. Definitley something can be found for everyone.
Recommended Route: the new single track, for a moderately easy ride take the "loop" up and come back down on tote road
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Review Date October 24, 2003
Overall Rating 5 of 5
Aerobic Difficulty 5 of 5
Technical Difficulty 5 of 5
Ridden Trail: Once a week
Reviewed by: Randall Bish
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Weekend Warrior
Summary: I really enjoy riding trail. There is a single track trail across the street that is really tecnical and a great ride. The price has gone up to 3 dollars but it is well worth it.
Recommended Route: take 95 to exit 20 and just fallow the signs
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