Through the Woods and Over the River - Blue Hills and Neponset - October 14. 2026

 RIDE REPORT

 

Wednesday, 14 October 2026, Through the Woods and Over the River - Blue Hills and Neponset
Ride Leaders:  David Wean, Ron Beland
25 or 27 miles, 10:00 am start from Canton, MA.

Riders (6):  David, Ron, Cynthia Zabin, John Trotter, Steve Bogue, and Tom Allen.

What an extraordinary October day!  We ascended Chickatawbut Hill, catching our breath at the top, where our search for the Boston skyline view was in vain.  Oh well, we'd find a view soon enough.  We descended through the Blue Hills Reservation into Quincy, where we diverged from the published route to spend more time on Quincy Shore Drive, which at that time of day, in this season, wasn't as congested as we often find in summer.  After a restroom stop at Marina Bay, we rode through Squantum Point Park for a better view of downtown and a chance to ride on the (defunct) airfield.  We crossed from Quincy to Boston on the Neponset Bridge (separated sidewalks on both sides!) and connected through Pope John Paul II Park to the Neponset Trail, where we found the best foliage of the day (surprisingly, better than in the Blue Hills).  We left the trail at Mattapan Square and headed back to the ride start, with some of us detouring to the top of the Great Blue Hill, just because.  Lunch was at Trillium Brewery, shortly before the end of the route.

 

This ride was jointly sponsored by CRW and the Parkway Cycling Club, which is active in Southwest Boston - it's worth a look if you live in Roslindale, West Roxbury, Hyde Park or JP, or just want to try something a little different.

 

Report by David Wean.