Would you like to learn more about the offroading landscape in Massachusetts? Well, you have come to the right place. Where2Wheel can help you find Jeep trails, truck/SUV trails, fourwheeling trails, OHV trails, and all other offroad trails for 4WD vehicles.

This blog will cover a brief overview of the offroad trails and offroading landscape in MA. To find more information and for full trail descriptions visit W2W’s Trails Map.

Massachusetts surprisingly has a good amount of options for their residents who like to kick it into 4WD and hit the trails (especially for a state located on the east coast).  MA basically has two different types of places to go offroading – 1.) random roads that are littered throughout the state and then 2.) Wrentham State Forest. For those of you who live more on the Northwest area of the state, you have quite a few different roads and trails to pick from to play on. Three of these roads fall right near the Northwest corner of Massachusetts and right at the border with Vermont. They are at the very end of Green Mountain National Forest. One of the more popular of these roads is called Tunnel Road – while most of the trails in this region of the state consists mainly of mudding and deep mud holes, Tunnel Road has a significant amount of rocks, rock crawling and ledges to test your rockcrawling skills on. You don’t have to have lockers to visit this trail, but it is highly recommended that you do or at least bring a vehicle/friend with you that does! 

 In the middle of the state near Northampton and Saw Mill Hills Conservation Area is one of the most popular trails in MA called Mabell Trail. Mabell is short for mass bell as the trail is named for the old Bell telephone lines that used to run down the trail back in the day. This trail is on privately owned land that the owner graciously allows us offroaders to play on, so make sure to stay the trail and know which parts are off limits – if you dont know then bring someone with you that does. Also side note: this trail was featured in JP magazine. 

 As you move more south you will run into Wrentham State Forest, which is located near Foxborough, MA. Wrentham State Forest is home to a large number of offroad trail types including: motorcycle singletracks, Jeep trails, and ATV trails. The forest is also active during hunting season so make sure to be aware of that. This forest is actually part of the F. Gilbert Hills State Forest and has three sections located in Foxborough, Wrentham, and Franklin. To find more information on which offroad trails you can take a full-size vehicle on, and info on camping make sure to visit Wrentham State Forest’s website. 

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 If you are tired of offroading on the trails in MA, then you are in luck because both Vermont and Connecticut have offroad trails near their borders with Massachusetts. Right over the border into CT, you can hit the offroad trails in both Bigelow Hollow State Park and Nipmuck State Forest. You can find more information about these two areas and their offroad trail offerings on Where2Wheel. I would also visit their websites for more information on services, camping, prices, etc… before heading out there.

Thanks for reading, to find more information, or to add to the growing database and resource for offroaders by offroaders visit www.where2wheel.com – also see the screenshot below for an overview of the offroad trails and Jeep trails in Massachusetts and surrounding areas.

 Happy Wheeling!