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Prospect Hill Road and the Fruitlands Museum

Prospect Hill Road and the Fruitlands Museum

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Prospect Hill Road and the Fruitlands Museum

Name: Prospect Hill Road and the Fruitlands Museum
Rating: 2

Recommended by 2 road cyclists

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Location: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States

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1. Harvard via Stow & Fruitlands loop — Lexington

85.1km

03:50

700m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Coburn Meadow – View from Prospect Hill Road loop from Waverley

110km

04:52

910m

Expert road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. View from Prospect Hill Road – The General Store loop from Bolton

21.4km

01:08

260m

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Jamie S.

January 17, 2025

Prospect Hill Road to Fruitlands is a local favorite segment of riding. As you climb up the road, you get increasingly open views out to Mount Wassuchet (the tallest mountain in the state) over a historic stone wall. In the fall, when the leaves are changing colors, it is a truly stunning view. Just past the summit of the hill is the turn off for the Fruitlands Museum. Fruitlands was a short-lived utopian community started in the 1840s by Amos Bronson Alcott, Louisa May Alcott's father, and Charles Lane. Today it is a museum and also once hosted a amateur cyclocross race from 2015-2019. It quickly became a local favorite race due to its difficult course over rough and muddy surfaces.

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Distance 452 m

Downhill 20 m

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Wednesday 29 October

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Location: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States

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Prospect Hill Road and the Fruitlands Museum

1. Harvard via Stow & Fruitlands loop — Lexington

2. Coburn Meadow – View from Prospect Hill Road loop from Waverley

3. View from Prospect Hill Road – The General Store loop from Bolton

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