Bay Circuit Trail

 

The Bay Circuit Trail (BCT) is a 231 mile permanent recreational trail and greenway corridor extending through eastern Massachusetts. It links 37 communities from Plum Island to the shores of Duxbury/Kingston. 

I completed the trail in June 2016 by running or hiking sections over a period of five years. Below is a listing of my run and hike reports by section. Click on the links below for detail reports and photos of my Bay Circuit Trail runs and hikes.

April 2011 - Section 1A Plum Island to Rowley (13 mile run)
April 2011 - Section 2 Rowley to Boxford (20 mile run)
May 2011 - Section 3 Boxford to Andover (18 mile run)
June 2011 - Sections 4 and 5 Andover to Chelmsford (22 mile run)
June 2011 - Sections 6 and 7 Chelsford to Weyland (30 mile run)
December 2011 - Section 1B Appleton Farm Spur (12 mile run)

Photo slide show for sections 1 - 7

July 2013 - Sections 7 and 8 Weyland to Framingham (10 mile hike)
August 2013 - Section 8 Framingham to Ashland (15 mile hike) 
September 2013 - Section 9 Ashland to Sherborn (12 mile hike) 
December 2013 - Section 9 Rocky Narrows Loop (4 mile hike)
April 2014 * Section 9 Sherborn to Medfield (11 mile hike)
May 2014 - Section 10 Medfield to Walpole (12 mile hike)
September 2014 - Sections 10 and 11 Walpole to Easton (13 mile hike)
February 2016 - Sections 11 and 12 Easton to West Bridgewater (17 mile hike)
March 2016 - Section 13 Hanson to Pembroke (4 mile hike)

May 2016 - Sections 12 and 13 West Bridgewater to Hanson (14 mile hike)
June 2016 - Sections 13 and 14 Pembroke to Kingston (18 mile hike)
Bay Circuit Trail End-to-End Stats