Alewife Brook Reservation – Spy Pond loop from Follen Community Church

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Alewife Brook Reservation – Spy Pond loop from Follen Community Church

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Alewife Brook Reservation – Spy Pond loop from Follen Community Church

01:03

18.1km

70m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 7.95 km for 64 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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5.55 km

Minuteman Bikeway Mural, Arlington Center

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Art, fenced ! is’nt it

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6.79 km

Alewife Brook Reservation

Highlight • Forest

Very close to the city, yet it feels like you're in the middle of the countryside. A visit or stop is definitely worthwhile.

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6.79 km

Alewife Brook Reservation

Highlight • Forest

Alewife Brook Reservation is a 120-acre urban wild in Cambridge and Arlington, Massachusetts, offering a surprising mix of wetlands, woodlands, and paved paths near the Alewife T station. It’s a …

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6.90 km

Yates Pond

Highlight • Lake

It’s a small one

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7.91 km

Alewife Linear Park

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Alewife Linear Park is part of a vast network of multi-use trails across the greater Boston area. As Gary Chan, a neighborhood planner in a division of the Cambridge Community …

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9.45 km

Seven Hills Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Small park with some sculptures and other art dotted around. It's connected to many other parks and neighborhoods by the vast urban trail network that crisscrosses the greater Boston area.

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12.9 km

Spy Pond

Highlight • Lake

Spy Pond is a 103-acre freshwater kettle pond located in Arlington, Massachusetts. It formed thousands of years ago during the last Ice Age and is part of the Mystic River …

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13.7 km

Uncle Sam Plaza and Samuel Wilson Monument

Highlight • Monument

Uncle Sam Plaza, located in Arlington, Massachusetts, near the Minuteman Bikeway, honors Samuel Wilson, believed to be the inspiration for the national symbol "Uncle Sam." Born on September 13, 1766, …

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18.1 km

End point

Bus stop

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