Winter Wednesday Newburyport Ride

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11am
Road ride

A ride over to Groveland and then back along the northside of the Merrimack River is almost as beautiful in the wintry, leafless months as it is the rest of the year.

There are several lunch options nearby in Newburyport.  


Winter Wednesday Hamilton Ride

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 11am
Road ride

The Wednesday Hamilton route follows mostly quiet roads as it moves through east Beverly, MBTS, Essex, Ipswich, and Hamilton. 

Route Option: If roads are dry, the ride leader may steer riders to take the quieter pathways of Apple, Belcher, and Choate streets and Candlewood and Fellows roads thru Essex to get to Lakemans Lane in Ipswich. 


Winter Wednesday Newburyport Ride

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 11am
Road ride

A ride over to Groveland and then back along the northside of the Merrimack River is almost as beautiful in the wintry, leafless months as it is the rest of the year.

There are several lunch options nearby in Newburyport.  


Topsfield to Andover

Sunday, April 13, 2025 at 10am
Road ride

A new ride using many of the delightful back roads familiar to NSC riders. The short route loops through Topsfield, Boxford and North Andover following a route similar to that of the short Saturday fitness ride. The medium route continues across Harold Parker State Forest to Andover, incorporating some of the roads used for the NSC Andover Tuesday night ride. After circling the scenic Andover Green, the ride returns via Harold Parker. The long ride adds 11 hilly miles in the northwest corner of Andover.


Stone Walls from Hamilton

Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 10am
Road ride

The Stone Wall Ride is a great early spring ride offering many distance options that fit wherever you are at in your mileage training and also great for new riders. The yellow forsythia and daffodils brighten up all the stone walls along the way. The beginning of the ride uses roads in Hamilton that we do not travel on often and then the roads become more familiar in Topsfield, Boxford, Georgetown and Groveland. The XS (15miles) ride splits coming out of Bradley Palmer taking a left onto Asbury. All other distances go right. The S (28 miles) splits at River Road and Washington taking a right. All others stay straight. The M (36) splits in Boxford Center taking a right onto Depot. The others continue straight. The L (44) splits from the XL (54) at 133 and West Street in Georgetown with the XL taking a left onto West Street and the L continuing straight. 

There are no bathroom facilities at the school. Cumberland Farms at 121 Bay St, S. Hamilton is a 3 minute drive from the school.

First time riders are strongly encouraged to review the NSC First-Time Riders Q&A linked to at the bottom of the page.