Review Date
May 4, 2006

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a month

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: Braunstein Freres ,  Downhiller

Summary:
There's a decent assortment of trails here though most are fairly beginner level and some are hikers only. Network crosses a dirt road where an old fire trail provides some length. There are some decent drops nearer to the water where I saw a bunch of trout rising...The park provides decent enough technical riding, but not enough downhill for to keep this guy interested. All in all Leominster State Park can be crowded at the worst of times (see weekends) and a decent workout at the best of times.

Recommended Route:
From Boston head west on Rt 2 through Leominster to Route 31 Exit. Take a left at the end of the ramp and procede south on rt 31. Stop at the state forest building on your right and grab a trail map. Continue on Rt 31 past the main entrance, and the picnic area. You will see a ruddy dirt road entrance on your left. This is Parmenter road. Ride down parmenter road past the pond on your left. At the top of the hill take a left. Look for a trail into the woods on your right

Review Date
June 6, 2005

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Every few months

Reviewed by: SpecialK ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
A few friends and I rode here yesterday for the first time in about a year and took the time to explore. It was well worth it. There is some tremendous New England Style singletrack in there. Rocky, rooty and full of obstacles to suprise you around every corner. NEMBA has also done a terrific job maintaining the trails, bridging the nasty wet spots and armoring the hillsides.

Definitely get a trail map and plan on riding for 3+ hours if you really want to use the place to its potential. Yes there if plenty of fireroad, for better or worse, but some great singletrack makes up for it. Bring plenty of water and plenty of bug spray.

Recommended Route:
Hit the Rocky Pond Trail that goes up Bald Hill. Its a burner on the way up the downhill on the otherside is beautiful. Some of the routes off Parmenter St. are also nice, but very buggy.

Review Date
May 20, 2005

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 3 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 4 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: dang ,  Racer

Summary:
I was in the area and looking for a place to ride so decided to go here and was great. have no complaints. my idea of a good place is you can get on your bike and find good riding without much effort. not much climbing but good technical trails. so you can be assured that you'll be satisfied if you take the gamble and try it. I parked at the lot on rt31 overlooking the pond.

Recommended Route:
rode for 3 hours and 28miles and have no idea where I was and had difficulty getting out. try starting at the pond parking(not the large beach parking) right off the road, go across bridge and take small trail along pond. you'll find them from there.

Review Date
November 20, 2004

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Ridden Once

Reviewed by: Braunstein Freres ,  Weekend Warrior

Summary:
Good ride-you can spend as much time as you'd like here, but I only had a few hours. Trails are well-maintained and they are obvious mountain biking trails. A real pleasure to ride. Lots of hills/rocks/stumps etc, but you cna avoid them and if not that's fun too. I can see this becoming a trai lI frequent often and I reecommend it to beginners-to intermediate bikers.

Recommended Route:
I took teh wolfpack trail and sort of picked my way here and there. Just park and go.

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Watatic-difficult
Willard Brook
Burbank
Various trails in Ashburnham

Review Date
October 9, 2004

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 4 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 3 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Once a week

Reviewed by: sarsparilla ,  Racer

Summary:
LSF has some great trails for everybody. There is one main fire road that pretty much every trail is centered around, but there are some side trails that you cna take that take you way away from where you would expect them to so look out. There are some good technical up/downhill sections but most of it is nice smooth singletrack. Trails are very well maintained with bridges over many parts that people wouldn't want to ride in (careful though, they can be pretty slick).

This place is a great ride with something for everyone, most trails would be rated as moderate difficulty in my book. Everything there is rideable though and makes for a real good time.

Recommended Route:
Park in the rocky pond lot

Other recommended trails in the same area:
Burbank - Fitchburg, Ma