Mountain Biking

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Wompatuck offers a variety of trails & terrain for riders of all skill levels & abilities

“Wompy” as the locals refer to it, is a great place to ride. It contains the greatest number and variety of singletracks in the close-to-Boston-south area.

Some of the singletracks, especially the newer ones, are fast and swoopy. While some of the others remind one of long distance trials sections. The latter are constantly busy as you never seem to go in a straight line for more than 50 feet or so, and never seem to stop hopping logs, dodging trees & roots, or riding over rocks.

Prospect Hill is the largest hill in the forest. It has 5 routes to the top, four of which are singletracks. And one of these has the longest section of switchbacked singletrack in the state.

Wompatuck is one of the sites in the NEMBA Trail Care Series. In addition to building bridges and erosion control projects, like the state's “longest switchback trail', TCS volunteers are actively involved in creating that extensive system of new singletrack as well as bridges.

Wompatuck State Park abuts Cohasset's Whitney Thayer Woods, a Trustees of Reservations property that allows mountain biking on a network of well maintained gravel paths. One of Wompy's trails leads right into Whitney Thayer, and covering both areas on the same day would make for a very lengthy ride.

The Friends of Wompatuck helps to provide maps for the park that include a printed map, a PDF map, an interactive smart-phone map, a map for the annual mountain bike race (see further below), and the annual WinterFest. Click the button below to visit the Maps page for more info & to access all maps.

Race for a Good Cause:

The Landmine MTB Classic

A great "New England" MTB race - and the primary fundraiser for the Friends of Wompatuck!!

The Landmine MTB Classic is a premier mountain bike race on Boston's South Shore run by the Friends of Wompatuck State Park, Bikebarn Racing, and SE Mass NEMBA. The family-friendly race offers numerous course distances in order to welcome as many people into competitive mountain biking as possible. These include 25-mile, 11-mile, 5-mile, and 3-mile single-lap courses designed to challenge both expert & novice riders alike. The race also features a free Kids "Quarter Mile" Race on a wooded course that's both fun & accessible for beginning riders.

The Landmine MTB Classic is always the 1st Sunday after Labor Day each year.  All event proceeds go towards supporting the Friends Of Wompatuck (FOW) and our efforts to improve the park for all patrons.