October 14, 2019 Sunny
The Nashua River Rail Trail is a 12.5 paved trail that runs from Ayer into Nashua, ending about 1 mile across the New Hampshire border. We decided to start out on the southern terminus of the trail at Ayer, where you can park in the commuter rail parking lot on weekends. Several restaurants in the small downtown make this a potential lunch spot on your return.
This rail trail is wide and mainly flat and, for a beautiful fall day, it was surprisingly quiet. The relative light crowds make this easier for children to enjoy.
The trail passes by a wide variety of scenery including forested areas, fields, wetlands, and more.
Several areas offer scenic rest, and others even offer a bicycle repair pit-stop. We stopped for a break in the middle of a wetland area on our way north.
On our trip we explored only the first part from Ayer to Groton (about 4-5 miles of easy riding), turning back near the Route 119 junction. We would love to come back and ride the northern section of the path.
The Nashua River Rail Trail has beautiful scenery, light crowds, and has very few road crossings. It was a joy to ride here on a sunny day.
Great and varied scenery and relative lack of crowds makes this trail a gem. 
Biking along the river was beautiful. 
Biking was fun but everyone else was way too slow ‘~’
Biking is fun and it was smooth
The biking was fun but I fell like 5 times. 
For more information: Nashua River Rail Trail official site.
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Sounds like fun. Just need to keep those slow rollers off the trail… probably old folks!
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