The Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride course was designed with purpose. Our riders experience scenic vistas along the coast and ride through the types of landscapes the Coalition aims to protect. They also ride by some iconic places we have recently bought, preserved, or study. You see the fruits of the Coalition’s work before your very eyes. It’s experienced at perfect speed on a bicycle. You have the opportunity to slow down and take it all in.
Scenery with Meaning
See the places the Coalition conserves on the Watershed Ride--from beaches, waterways, and coastlines to working farms, restored cranberry bogs, meadows and forests.
The 100-milers will also bike by Davoll Field, a two-acre property owned by the Coalition for water protection, climate adaptation, and flood mitigation. Last month, Dartmouth’s Select Board approved a conservation restriction to be held by the DNRT on this property so it cannot be developed, avoiding septic systems that would add nitrogen to the river there.
As riders make their way up Acushnet Road in Mattapoisett on their way up to the lunch spot and 41-mile start at Red Brick Farm, they will pass the Mattapoisett Bogs, which was recently restored to its natural wetland by the Coalition. The Bogs is part of the Mattapoisett River Reserve, a growing network of 600 acres of conserved land in the Mattapoisett River valley; it boasts two miles of trails around the restored bogs and links eight miles of trails through woods, freshwater wetlands, and old cranberry bogs.
These are just a few of the Coalition properties you’ll pass on the Watershed Ride. See below for other spots along the route to keep your eyes out for to see what your Watershed Ride fundraising supports.
