eMTB Trails
With e-bikes now firmly established in our cycling community, we welcome the responsibility of integrating this new user group with our state partners, public land managers, and the communities we represent. Class 1 eMTBs can play an important role in enhancing accessibility, breaking barriers, and meeting the needs of individuals with health and mobility challenges. NEMBA supports the use of Class 1 eMTBs where legally permitted by land managers and owners.
As members of the mountain bike community, we all serve as ambassadors for the sport, and respecting established policies is paramount alongside our efforts to improve access. eMTB users, like all MTB users, must understand and adhere to local rules and policies set by landowners and managers, ensuring they ride only where permitted.
Networks allowing Class 1 eMTB.
Connecticut
Crescent Lake, Southington
Nepaug State Forest, Canton
Norbrook Brewery Trails, Colebrook
Penwood State Park, Simsbury
Pomfret Forest, Pomfret
Shade Swamp Wildlife Sanctuary, Farmington
West Hartford Resevoirs, West Hartford
Maine
Alden Hill/USM, Gorham
Bangor City Forest, Bangor
Kittery-York Water District, York
Libby Hill Trails, Gray
Moosehead Junction Trails, Greenville
Mount Blue State Park, Byron
Nineteen Mountain Trail Area, Gorham
Rockland Bog, Rockland
Stonegate, Cape Elizabeth
Swans Trails at Perch Pond,
Weeks/Moody's, Gorham
Westbrook City Forest, Westbrook
Massachusetts
Brimfield State Forest, Brimfield
Catamount State Forest, Colrain
Deerfield River Trails, Charlemont
F. Gilbert Hills State Forest, Wrentham
Franklin State Forest, Franklin
Freetown-Fall River SF/SEMASS Bioreserve Trails, Fall River
Hodges Village Dam, Oxford
Jericho Town Forest, Weston
Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, Hancock
Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center, Erving
October Mountain State Forest, Washington
Pelham Lake Park, Rowe
Pittsfield State Forest, Pittsfield
Pocumtuck Ridge Trail Network, Deerfield
Town Farm Hill, Barre
Vietnam Trail Network, Holliston
Wrentham State Forest, Wrentham
New Hampshire
Bear Brook State Park, Allenstown
Cooley-Jericho Community Forest, Sugar Hill
East Side Trails, Conway
Grater Woods, Merrimack
Green Woodlands, Dorchester
Horse Hill Nature Preserve, Merrimack
Landmark/Boston Lot, Lebanon
Newport Town Forest - The Pinnacle, Newport
Palmer-Bartell Forest, Brookline
Pawtuckaway State Park, Nottingham
PRKR MTN, Littleton
Stonehouse Forest, Barrington
Stonewall Farm, Sherborn
Summit Area, Plymouth
Rhode Island
No information available.
eMTBs and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Did you know the Americans with Disabilities Act gives disabled riders the right to use ebikes and other power-driven mobility devices (OPDMD) on mountain bike trails otherwise closed to e-bikes? If you see a disabled rider on an OPDMD on any state land, public land, or private land open to the public, please welcome them and know they are riding legally on the trails. (The only exception is federal lands at this time- which are not subject to the ADA.)
For more information, please visit: https://www.ada.gov/resources/opdmds/