Minuteman Bikeway

The Minuteman Bikeway is a 10 mile (16 km) paved multi-use rail trail located in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. The Minuteman Bikeway runs from Bedford to the Alewife station at the northern end of the Red Line in Cambridge. It passes through the towns of Lexington and Arlington on the way. Also along the route are several notable regional sites, including Alewife Brook Reservation, Spy Pond and "Arlington’s Great Meadows" (actually lo... more

The Minuteman Bikeway is a 10 mile (16 km) paved multi-use rail trail located in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. The Minuteman Bikeway runs from Bedford to the Alewife station at the northern end of the Red Line in Cambridge. It passes through the towns of Lexington and Arlington on the way. Also along the route are several notable regional sites, including Alewife Brook Reservation, Spy Pond and "Arlington’s Great Meadows" (actually located in Lexington). At its Cambridge terminus, the bikeway connects with two other bike paths: the Fitchburg Cutoff Path and the Cambridge Linear Park which, in turn, leads to the Somerville Community Path. (Plans are underway to extend the Somerville Community Path to downtown Boston, which would create a much larger continuous bikeway accessible from the Minuteman). At the Bedford end, the Minuteman Bikeway connects with the Narrow Gauge Rail Trail and the Reformatory Branch Rail Trail. The path comprising the current Minuteman Bikeway has... less