There are a number of good books on mountain biking in New England. Try your local bike shop, outdoorsy-type store such as REI, EMS, L.L.Bean, etc or try a large general-market bookstore. You should be able to find many of the titles below all for less than $15 each.

NEMBA lists these books not to plug any specific author or retail outlet but to encourage riders to learn about new places to ride. The more different places people ride, the less access issues there will be at the more popular urban riding spots.

If you would like to suggest a book, please email the NEMBA Webmaster.

25 Mountain Bike Tours in Massachusetts
by Report S. Morse, 1991: Back Country Publications, Woodstock, VT.

Mountain Biking Northern New England
by Paul Angiolillo, 1993: Menasha Press, 1-800-247-9437.
 

Includes 69 rides in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine such as Bear Brook State Park, Mt. Agamenticus, and Rochester, VT.

Mountain Biking Southern New England
by Paul Angiolillo, 1993: Menasha Press, 1-800-247-9437.
 

Includes 58 rides in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Mountain Biking New Hampshire, 2nd edition by Stuart Johnstone, 1993: Active Publications, Carlisle, MA.

Mountain Biking Near Boston: A Guide to the Best 30 Places to Ride, 3rd edition
by Stuart Johnstone, 1994: Active Publications, Carlisle, MA.

The Cape Cod Bike Book
by William E. Peace, 1994 Cape Cod Bike Book, South Dennis, MA
 

This book covers mostly rail-trails and on-road sight-seeing and touring routes.

Mountain Biking New Hampshire's State Parks and Forests
by Linda Chestney, 1996: Nicolin Fields Publishing, Inc., Portsmouth, NH.
 

176 pages covering 34 state properties (parks, forests, rails-to-trails, conservation areas, state nursery, reservoirs), for the leisure/family cyclists.

Mountain Biking Connecticut
by Stuart Johnstone, 2000: Active Publications.

Mountain Bike America
by Jeff Cutler, Globe-Pequot Press of Connecticut, 2000
 

this guide features 29 of eastern Massachusetts' off-road bicycling trails and parks. With rich historical perspectives on each riding area, the guide includes rides for all levels of riders and is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and Borders Booksellers.