Hey if anyone here wants a great riding spot thats around 20 minutes from Truro nova scotia we found a great one. Go to this map

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=...ult&resnum=1&ct=title


Once there zoom in on nova scotia and truro. Once you zoom in on truro you should find pictou road. Follow pictou road to the right untill you see Mt thom. Once you find Mt Thom zoom in a bit farther and you will see the Glen Road. Follow the glen road untill you get to where the glen road and the fire tower road meet. Right there will be a big lake and we park our suv there and unload. All along the glen road and the fire tower road are marked atv trails, and each atv trail leads to two more trails. We have gone there for 5 weekends in a row and still havent explored all the trails. Even better, if you follow the glen road for about 8km you will come to the gunshot road. This road has even better trails, but they are all good. Anyways you usually see other atvers there and there are even cabins at certain spots made by the snowmobile association of nova scotia where you can go in and rest and get warmed up. Anyways hopefully we see you out there!

 

Also you can go on google earth, zoom in on nova scotia then type in glen road and click the one that says glen road,new glascow,pictou county. This will let you look at parts of it, but the gunshott road is blury on google earth, and not many roads are labeled as compared to the map. But you will see the big lake on google earth very clearly, and thats where we park.







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I live in new glasgow ns and I just bought a 2002 sportsman 500.I have been working on it for a bit now don't get me started lol.I hope to have things sorted in the next couple of weeks.I look forward to hooking up with you guys.I heard of those trails .The pictou county atv club web site looks dead last posts were in 2002 in the events listings not sure whats going on there I'm sure there still going.We printed the licence plates up at work so they must still be active.We should try and get some riding in my 6yr old is off on march break I'm going to take her out for ride sum where.Keep posted as to when you guys go riding.

 

I can go from my house in Middle Sackville, to the airport and straight to Truro and meet ya....

Lots of trails in N.S. I can get to almost anywhere from my house with very little road driving at all, I do get turned around (or lost) alot, but always find my way home!!

 

Sounds cool we should try and hook up some time going to try and get on the trails around mount thom.Planning on doing something over march break on the bike driving on the atv to halifax sounds like a blast.

 

Have a friend (fellow rider) who has a camp in Springhill/Parrsbarro area who has a trail system up there that goes from Truro and links to the N.B. trail system.

Want to make that run sometime soon.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: manxman

Sounds cool we should try and hook up some time going to try and get on the trails around mount thom.Planning on doing something over march break on the bike driving on the atv to halifax sounds like a blast.</end quote></div>


Don't bother coming all the way to Halifax, no trails in here.

Try just after the Bedford/Sackville exit (#4) just after the rifle range coming towards Halifax. Can go from there to the valley, Windsor, etc...., no problem.

 

Im picking up my first dirtbike ever tomorrow from new glascow. First i convinced my dad to take get the new kingquad 400.... and now a dirtbike so once the snows gone im goin straight to the glen road. Just got a trail map of the area at adventure motors in new glascow too and there are more trails up by the glen road then we thought. Too many snowmobilers out there right now dont go or theyll get mad.

 

I thought this might be of interest to someone

East River Valley trail discussed Thursday print this article
JENNIFER VARDY LITTLE
The News

SPRINGVILLE? - East River Valley residents will discuss on Thursday the pros and cons of turning the old rail bed that runs through the region into a multi-purpose trail.
The proposed trail will stretch along 20 kilometres between Eureka and Sunny Brae. It's suggested that the trail should be a shared-use recreational trail, with hikers, ATV riders and snowmobilers all allowed to use it.
The trail would become part of the Trans Canada Trail, the world's longest shared-use recreational trail.
Arlene MacGregor, a member of the committee looking at the project, says the old railway bed is currently owned by the Department of Natural Resources.
The railway was assessed for recreational use in the late 1990s and was found to offer significant benefits for the community with no significant impediments to trail development being identified at that time.
"We've gotten permission from them to clear it and see what had to be done to make a trail," MacGregor explained. "All adjacent landowners have been contacted and surveys were sent out in early December asking people about their thoughts and concerns for the project."
Most of the response so far has been positive, she said, but area residents will have a chance to voice their concerns at a meeting in Springville.
The committee wants to break the project into three phases, with work getting underway on the first phase this summer, provided the group gets approval and funding.
The first phase would go from the Eureka bridge up to Island East River and a seven-kilometre stretch from Springville to St. Pauls.
It will likely take five years to complete the project, which will also involve constructing a bridge across the river at Island East River.
MacGregor is hopeful the project will move forward.
"It's just gorgeous, the scenery is just incredible," she said. "This is a great project for the community, it will get people away from walking on the road, so it will be safer. A lot of people drive into town to walk rather than walk on the roads here."
Currently, there are no plans to connect the trail with the system that winds through the towns.
Representatives from DNR, the Department of Health Promotion and Protection and the Trans Canada Trail will attend the session to provide information and answer questions.
All interested members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting will take place at Springville Church Hall starting at 7 p.m.

 

As soon as the goverment gets involed, it will cost $20 mil to meet al the "codes" to build bridges, etc....

That happened to a walking trail here. Cost millions to make, because it had to be wheelchair accessable, bridges had to be able to hold tanks, evironmental studies, etc.....

Hope they don't have the same troubles, not that I don't agree these things are needed, but once the goverment gets involved, the price tag seems to triple.