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: CT Length: 22.4 miles Surface: Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Air Line State Park Trail showcases the engineering behind the Air Line Railroad, laid down through this hilly region in 1873 as a direct route between Boston and New York. As its name implies, the tracks ran flat and straight, like 'a 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: RI Length: 11.8 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: 3.5 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: 13.5 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: 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: 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: CT Length: 15.6 miles Surface: Crushed Stone, Dirt, Gravel
The Hop River State Park Trail is one of Connecticut's top rail-trails. Narrow cuts and a lush tree canopy make for enjoyable visits year-round. Most of the 15.6-mile route from the Manchester–Vernon town line to Hop River Road follows a ...
State: MA Length: 1.1 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: CT Length: 5.8 miles Surface: Ballast, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass, Gravel, Sand
This 5.8-mile trail is part of the planned East Coast Greenway, an off-road path that will eventually run from Calais, Maine, to Key West, Florida. The Moosup Valley State Park Trail will connect with Rhode Island's Washington Secondary Bike ...
State: RI Length: 0.3 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: 3.5 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: CT Length: 2 miles Surface: Asphalt
The Putnam River Trail extends between Arch Street in the Putnam District and Providence Street to the south. The trail follows the east bank of the Quinebaug River between the river and Kennedy Drive, with views of Cargill Falls. The trail ...
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: CT Length: 4 miles Surface: Asphalt
As of January 2012 the Quinebaug River Trail has two segments. The southern segment follows the course of the Quinebaug River in Danielson, beginning at the intersection of Palmer Street and Prospect Avenue, crossing a bridge over Fivemile Pond ...
State: MA Length: 2.5 miles Surface: Asphalt
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: 10.7 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: 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: 6.6 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: 4.7 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: 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: 6.2 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: 14.2 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: 6.8 miles Surface: Asphalt
Named for the late state senator who spearheaded development of the trail, the William C. O'Neill Bike Path (a.k.a. South County Bike Path) follows the route of the former Narragansett Pier Railroad, which connected the coastal village of South ...
State: RI Length: 5.2 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 ...