Cycling tour of the Quabbin Reservoir

The King’s Tour of the Quabbin, a Seven Hills Wheelmen Ride
This Start: Barre Common, Barre MA (map to start)

Club StartNaquag Elementary School, Route 122A (Main Street), Rutland, Mass.

Description: A challenging bicycle ride around the Quabbin Reservoir in the heart of Massachusetts, with several mileage options. Quabbin Reservoir was created in the 1930s by the construction of two huge earthen dams, fed by the Swift River, covering 39 square miles, 18 miles long with 181 miles of shoreline. The communities that were there before the reservoir was constructed were removed, but some remnants are below the water’s surface.  There is not much traffic but plenty of hills. Not much traffic but plenty of hills.

Kings Tour of the Quabbin 120 miles from Rutland
King’s Tour of the Quabbin 100 miles
King’s Tour of the Quabbin Metric


Route at RideWithGPS
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