Rail-Trail
State: CT Length: 27 miles Surface: Ballast, Dirt
The Air Line State Park Trail – North is largely frequented by equestrians, hikers, cross-country skiers and mountain bikers. Start at the Goodwin State Forest Conservation Center off Route 6 in Hampton for the best option. From here to ...
State: MA Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt
Alewife Linear Park is a beautiful paved trail stretching 2 miles east from the Alewife T-station in Cambridge to Cedar Street in Somerville. The park came about after the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (the "T") put its Red Line ...
State: RI Length: 1 miles Surface: Dirt, Woodchips
The Arkwright Riverwalk, founded on a former rail bed purchased from Penn Central Railroad, is located in Coventry, a rural central Rhode Island town that was built around textile mills. The one-mile trail includes a wooden boardwalk, but is ...
State: MA Length: 5.60 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Assabet River Rail-Trail provides a forested escape from the surrounding urban bustle. Traveling 5.6 miles (with plans to expand it) the trail connects the towns of Hudson and Marlborough and parallels the scenic Assabet River. As of autumn ...
State: MA Length: 3.10 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt
The Bedford Narrow-Gauge Rail-Trail shares its trailhead at Depot Park in Bedford with the Minuteman Bikeway and Reformatory Branch Trail. Serving mainly as a commuter route, this trail extends just over 3 miles north, past woods and residences ...
State: MA Length: 2.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
This 2.5-mile trail represents the first open segment of the Massachusetts portion of the Blackstone River Bikeway that will eventually link Worcester, Mass. with Providence, RI.
State: RI Length: 11.80 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Blackstone River Bikeway represents a big undertaking in this tiny state: The 11.6-mile trail is the largest open segment on a nearly 50-mile former rail corridor that will eventually connect Providence to Worcester, Massachusetts. A restored ...
State: MA Length: 3.50 miles Surface: Dirt
The Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park recalls the role of canals in transporting raw materials and manufactured goods between emerging industrial centers. Walk along restored sections of the Blackstone River Canal and Towpath from ...
State: MA Length: 1.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The newly open Bradford Rail Trail occupies the former Pan Am rail lines, beautifying an area that once lay strewn with garbage and weeds. The city and numerous dedicated volunteers created the mile-long path for pedestrians, cyclists, joggers ...
State: MA Length: 1 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Bridge Street Bike Trail begins near Curtis Park and travels south through downtown Salem, closely following the Bridge Street Bypass. The short trail runs through residential, retail and commercial areas, offering views of the North River ...
State: MA Length: 3 miles Surface: Dirt, Sand
The abandoned rail bed is predominantly owned by the Town of Marshfield. Sections of the abandoned rail bed are open to the public and actively used for recreational uses such as walking, running, horse back riding, mountain biking and cross ...
State: MA Length: 6.80 miles Surface: Asphalt
Begins in Chelmsford at the Lowell/Chelmsford line, near Cross Point, passes through Chelmsford Center, and ends at Rt. 225 in Westford. This part of the trail covers a stretch of 6.8 miles.
State: MA Length: 13.50 miles Surface:
The Cape Cod Canal Bikeway is an access road for non-motorized use, except for Army Corps of Engineer vehicles as needed. The bikeway extends 8 miles along the canal between the Bourne and Sagamore bridges.
State: MA Length: 22 miles Surface: Asphalt
The 22-mile Cape Cod Rail Trail serves up a genuine Cape Cod experience, stretching through quaint villages and along sandy beaches past a diverse landscape of salt marshes, pine forests and cranberry bogs. The trail is paved, with few inclines, ...
State: MA Length: 25 miles Surface:
After years of planning, construction work could begin by 2012 on the Yarmouth extension of the Cap Cod Rail Trail, the paved bikeway that runs 28 miles from Wellfleet to Dennis. Preliminary plans are in place, and engineers are conducting a ...
State: MA Length: 4 miles Surface:
The Cochituate Rail Trail (CRT) is a proposed multi-use trail which will extend from the Village of Saxonville in Framingham to Natick Center, a distance of 4 miles. The Framingham section of trail has gone through its design phase. Construction ...
State: MA Length: 5.12 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
The Danvers Rail Trail follows the historic Newburyport Railroad that used to carry goods and passengers between Danvers and Boston in the late 1800s. The abandoned corridor extends just over 5 miles from Peabody north through the heart of Danvers ...
State: RI Length: 14 miles Surface: Asphalt
Rhode Island's best-known rail-trail, the East Bay Bicycle Path, hugs the shores of Narragansett Bay, from Bristol in the south and north to India Point Park in Providence. The 14-mile paved path accommodates a wide variety of users. Markers ...
State: NH Length: 3 miles Surface: Ballast, Cinder, Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Sand
Mile 0.0 - DPW Garage Cross the bridge in the parking area, the trail starts behind the fence, crossing over Great Brook on a old dam. Mile 0.53 - After crossing Union St. you will come to a concrete span over Great Brook. Mile 0.66 - Trail ...
State: NH Length: 0.90 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Heritage Trail is managed by the state of New Hampshire to provide access to recreational and historical attractions across the state. Eventually, the north-south route along the former Boston and Maine Railroad corridor will stretch more ...
State: MA Length: 7.40 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Independence Greenway runs 4.6 miles between Russell Street near the Ipswich River and the North Shore Mall on Route 128. The trail is mostly continuous except for one on-road segment between Peabody Road and Lt. Ross Park. From the park ...
State: MA Length: 1.90 miles Surface: Asphalt, Concrete
Lowell's Canal Sytem Trails are part of Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, Massachusetts. The park preserves some of America's industrial past: its 19th-century textile mills formed the first large-scale planned industrial city in America. ...
State: MA Length: 4.10 miles Surface: Asphalt, Gravel, Sand
Shaped like a Y, this 4.1-mile rail-trail connects Marblehead, Salem and Swampscott. From the trail junction in quaint Marblehead, one branch meanders through conservation areas and past harbor overlooks to Salem, notorious for its 1692 witch ...
State: MA Length: 29 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
A 104 mile rail line was shattered by hurricane in 1938. Now, more than 60 years later, dedicated volunteers in 33 communities are working to reconnect it. Instead of trains there will be cross-country skiers, bicyclists, hikers, and joggers. It ...
State: MA Length: 1.10 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Mattapoisett Rail Trail is a work in progress. As of autumn 2011, it runs for just more than 1 mile between Reservation Road at Mattapoisett Harbor and the Phoenix Rail-Trail in Fairhaven, joining the latter at Shaw Road. The trail occupies ...
State: MA Length: 2.50 miles Surface:
The Methuen Rail Trail will be a 2.5 mile multi-use trail along an abandoned railroad corridor. The trail will run from the train depot, through the Nevins Bird Sanctuary, parallel to Route 28 to the New Hampshire state line. The corridor has ...
State: MA Length: 11 miles Surface: Asphalt
You won't get lonely on the Minuteman Bikeway. The 11-mile rail-trail through suburban Boston is one of New England's most popular trails. Warm summer weekends in particular bring folks of all ages and abilities elbow to elbow along the asphalt ...
State: MA, NH Length: 12.30 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Nashua River Rail Trail is a beautiful and peaceful rural trail extending through the Massachusetts communities of Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable. The trail continues into New Hampshire just south of the town of Nashua. In autumn ...
Over its short distance, this trail goes from urban wilderness through a mill village and a salt marsh to beaches on Boston Harbor. In the future it will connect the several-thousand-acre Blue Hills Reservation to the John F. Kennedy Library, ...
State: NH Length: 4.50 miles Surface: Dirt
The 4 ½ mile New Boston Rail Trail is an enticingly beautiful former Boston & Maine rail line running from approximately route 114 at the New Boston/Goffstown border to the center of New Boston. There it culminates at the Hillsborough County ...
State: MA Length: 5.60 miles Surface: Crushed Stone
As of early 2013, nearly 6 miles of the Northern Strand Community Trail in Massachusetts are open to the public, although this includes two disjointed segments. The longer segment, which was opened in 2012, runs west from the intersection of ...
State: RI Length: 0.30 miles Surface: Dirt
The Phenix-Harris Riverwalk, a short trail built on a former rail bed purchased from Penn Central Railroad, connects West Warwick and Coventry, two towns on the outskirts of Providence. The dirt pathway offers a peaceful and wooded oasis between ...
State: MA Length: 3.50 miles Surface: Asphalt
Opened in 1999, the Phoenix Rail-Trail packs a surprising diversity in its 3.1 miles, passing through woodlands, salt marshes, farms and commercial and residential areas. Tree-lined for much of its length, the path provides plenty of shade for ...
State: MA Length: 12 miles Surface:
From Narragansett Bay Wheelmen Bicycle Club website: Beginning in Fairhaven, which opened its initial 3.5-mile segment in November 1998, this rail-to-trail and on-road mix will provide bicycle (and equestrian) links between the three town centers ...
State: MA Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt, Dirt, Woodchips
The Pine Tree Brook Trail travels alongside the brook in Milton, Massachusetts. The path travels through woods and residential neighborhoods for a distance of about 1.8 miles, and it connects to the Milton High School, and almost to the Pierce ...
State: MA Length: 1 miles Surface: Dirt
50 Quarries have operated in Quincy, "The Granite City", since 1826. This trail provides a short tour of the railway corridor where the stone was carried from the Quarries.
State: MA Length: 4.50 miles Surface: Dirt
The rugged and beautiful Reformatory Branch Trail meanders more than 4 miles through three natural areas: Elm Brook Conservation Area, Mary Putnam Webber Wildlife Preserve, and Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. It is the perfect route ...
The Rockland Rail Trail runs for a little more than 2 miles through the village of Rockland. It follows an old corridor of what was once known as the Hanover Branch Line. The line was built in the 1860s by E. Y. Perry, a Hanover businessman ...
State: MA Length: 2.80 miles Surface:
The 2.8 mile Saugus Rail Trail will connect residential neighborhoods with the downtown business district, Saugus Belmonte Middle School with it's athletic fields, tennis courts and areas of open space. From Lincoln avenue the trail will proceed ...
State: MA Length: 10.70 miles Surface: Asphalt
Curling nearly 11 miles past woodlands, marshes, salt ponds and seascape, the Shining Sea Bikeway is the only bikeway on Cape Cod to skirt the shore. Also called the Shining Sea Bike Path, the paved trail extends from County Route 151 in Falmouth ...
State: MA Length: 21 miles Surface: Ballast, Crushed Stone
The Southern New England Trunk Line Trail (aka the "SNETT") was designated as a National Recreation Trail in 1994. It is built upon a segment of the former right-of-way of the New Haven Railroad's Midland Division, which operated between Boston ...
State: MA Length: 3.90 miles Surface: Asphalt
Southwest Corridor Park is a 4.7-mile linear park through the Boston neighborhoods of South End, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. A recreation and commuter route popular with walkers, runners, and cyclists, the park is a triumph of its surrounding ...
State: RI Length: 1 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt
The Stillwater Scenic Walkway is a short trail that follows an old railroad bed between Capron Road and State Route 104 (Farnum Pike) south of Smithfield. The trail passes through a wooded area along the shore of Stillwater Pond and Capron Pond. ...
State: MA Length: 6.60 miles Surface:
From Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition website: This trail is still in the development stages and is looking for support to make the plans a reality. To support this campaign, please click here to access a sample letter to send, or email, to ...
State: RI Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Ten Mile River Greenway follows the winding course for 2.5 miles along the James Turner Reservoir (Ten Mile River). Though short, the trail is quite scenic and runs between the Kimberly Ann Rock ball fields in East Providence and the north ...
State: MA Length: 4.70 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Gravel
The Titanic Rail Trail (once known as the Grand Trunk Trail) is planned to stretch more than 60 miles through south-central Massachusetts and the northeastern corner of Connecticut along the former Southern New England Railroad. Its previous ...
State: MA Length: 2.70 miles Surface: Cinder, Crushed Stone
The Topsfield Linear Common Trail follows an abandoned rail bed, running from Washington Street in Topsfield southeast to just north of State Route 97. As of late 2011, the trail was newly surfaced with hard-packed gravel and stone dust. The ...
State: CT Length: 0.75 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Trolley Trail runs through Plainfield and is a key link the East Coast Greenway. Plans are to use this trail as a link between the Moosup Valley State Park Trail and the Airline State Park Trail.
The Holliston segment of the Upper Charles Trail is being developed in sections. As of early 2012, a gravel section along the railroad right-of-way is open between Cross Street and South Street. The Upper Charles Trail will be 20 miles when ...
State: MA Length: 6.20 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Upper Charles Trail Milford section forms a completed 6.2 miles of a proposed 20-mile trail that will incorporate the communities of Milford, Ashland, Hopkinton, Sherborn and Holliston, linking the towns via an abandoned CSX rail bed. The ...
State: RI Length: 14.20 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Washington Secondary Bike Path actually comprises four trails along an old Hartford, Providence, & Fishkill Railroad corridor. Together, the Cranston Bike Path, Warwick Bike Path, West Warwick Greenway and Coventry Greenway create 14.2 miles ...
State: MA Length: 0.85 miles Surface:
This DCR project is under construction and follows a previous rail bed from School Street to Grove Street in Watertown. This portion should be completed in the spring of 2011. The DCR will extend this project to connect with the Alewife trail ...
State: RI Length: 5.20 miles Surface: Asphalt
NOTE: The bike trail will be closed between the footbridge at Merino Park (Sheridan Street) to Manton Gateway, from September 25, 2011, through February 2013, for work on Phase II of the Narragansett Bay Commission's Combined Sewer Overflow ...