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You’re invited to help ECTA officially launch our new pale ale, Trail Blazer. As a long time sponsor of ECTA fundraising, Ipswich Ale has generously created this delicious amber drink for us. Please come eat, drink and raise money for the Essex trail system. Ipswich Ale is generously donating a […]

Thank you to all of the wonderful runners who came out on Saturday morning to help us celebrate some of our amazing local trails with our 13th Annual Run for the Trails 5 and 10 mile runs.   95 ran on Saturday, many of whom participated in our new team […]

ECTA will be hosting our 13th Annual Run for the Trails 5 and 10 mile race this Saturday, September 16th.   The race is from 9am to 12pm, and starts at the Myopia Schooling Field in Hamilton.   If you would like to join us, we will be manning the […]

Join ECTA for our inaugural Adventure Biathlon at Bradley Palmer State Park on Saturday, September 30, 2017 from 9am to 2pm!   This biathlon will take place on the trails and fields of Bradley Palmer and consist of a 5 mile run followed by a 10 mile bike.   You […]

On Saturday we celebrated our 35th anniversary with some of our closest trail friends at our Summer Solstice Party.   Thank you to all who showed up to support ECTA’s efforts in maintaining our wonderful trail networks.   We would like to specifically thank our sponsors: Salem 5 Bank, Mayer […]

You’re Invited to Essex County Trail Association’s 4th Annual Summer Solstice Party!   Join us under the tents at Groton House Farm on Saturday, June 17th from 6 – 9:30 p.m. Come enjoy tasty food, cool drinks, live music and a silent auction! Tickets are $75 per person, $700 for […]

The results are in! Thank you to everyone who ran on Saturday, and thank you to all of our generous sponsors!!! 282 pictures are posted here. Please support ECTA and our trails by purchasing some of the pictures shown. Thank you!

ECTA will be taking this year off of the ECTAthlon in order to focus on a few new events coming up this season.   Please come out for our National Trails Day walk with IRWA on Saturday, June 3rd.   We will also be having a trail ride up Sagamore […]