Spacious Skies Campground
Campground
Campground · 10 mi from the trail
Massachusetts · Cross-country skiing · Near Derry
Brookside
- 0.1 mi
- round trip
- 18 ft
- climb
- 162 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Oct
- best months
Brookside is a short, flat cross-country ski route in Massachusetts, about 2 miles from the town of Rio Vista. The out-and-back trip is under a quarter mile long, with a total climb of about 18 feet, and it is rated moderate. Winter is the natural season for this trail. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Bedford show January highs around 36°F with about 8 snow days, while March still brings snow on roughly 6 days. Snow days drop to zero from May through October. Several other ski routes sit just 0.1 mile away, including Garrison Loop, East Farm Trail and Woodchuck Trail. Climbers can head to Chelmsford Lime Quarry, about 2.8 miles off.
Around this trail
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Restaurant
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If it rainsAmericanTextileHistory, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAmerican Textile History Museum
Museum
On your way back · 6 mi
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More in DerryBest time to go · Jun–Oct
Best time to visit Brookside
Best months: June–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
36° / 18°
13 wet · 8 snow
Feb
39° / 19°
11 wet · 7 snow
Mar
47° / 27°
13 wet · 6 snow
Apr
59° / 36°
13 wet · 2 snow
May
70° / 46°
13 wet
Jun
78° / 55°
12 wet
Jul
84° / 61°
11 wet
Aug
82° / 60°
10 wet
Sep
74° / 52°
10 wet
Oct
62° / 40°
11 wet
Nov
51° / 31°
12 wet · 2 snow
Dec
41° / 23°
13 wet · 6 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Bedford, MA, 5.9 mi away at 160 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Keep exploring — more snow worth the drive
Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Nashoba Valley Ski Area
~10 min drive
Nashoba Valley Ski Area in Massachusetts has 12 lifts, 17 runs, and 228 ft of vertical.
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Brookside
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Brookside is a 0.12-mile out-and-back ski trail in Massachusetts with 19 feet of elevation gain.
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Garrison Loop
Next door
0.23-mile out-and-back out-and-back in Massachusetts with 41 ft of elevation gain.
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East Farm Trail
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0.30-mile out-and-back trail in Massachusetts with 57 ft of elevation gain.
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Woodchuck Trail
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0.45-mile out-and-back trail in Massachusetts with 38 ft of elevation gain.
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Woodchuck Trail
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0.36-mile out-and-back trail in Massachusetts with 98 ft of elevation gain.
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East Farm Trail
Next door
East Farm Trail is a 0.20-mile out-and-back in Massachusetts with 54 ft of elevation gain.
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Woodchuck Trail
Next door
0.21-mile out-and-back trail in Massachusetts with 18 ft of elevation gain.
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Garrison Loop
Next door
0.19-mile out-and-back out-and-back with 33 ft of elevation gain in Massachusetts.
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Pine Point Loop
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0.36-mile out-and-back ski out-and-back in Massachusetts with 112 ft of elevation gain.
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