List of rail trails in Massachusetts
This list of rail trails in Massachusetts details former railroad right-of-ways in Massachusetts that have been converted to trails for public use and proposed rail trails where trails exist but have not been fully established.
Established rail trails
- Alewife Linear Park (Cambridge)
- Amesbury Riverwalk[citation needed]
- Ashburnham Rail Trail[citation needed]
- Ashuwillticook Rail Trail (12 miles in North Berkshires)
- Assabet River Rail Trail southwest end (5.8 miles, Hudson to Marlboro) completed, & northeast end 3.4 miles (from South Acton station (MBTA) through Maynard to Stow)
- Bedford Narrow Gauge Trail[1] (Bedford) a.k.a. Narrow Gauge Rail Trail
- Blackstone River Bikeway (near Worcester) a.k.a. Blackstone River Greenway
- Border to Boston Trail[citation needed]
- Bradford Rail Trail[citation needed]
- Bruce Freeman Rail Trail (Lowell to Framingham)
- Canalside Rail Trail (Turners Falls)
- Cape Cod Rail Trail (Dennis to Wellfleet)
- Clipper City Rail Trail[2] (Newburyport)
- Columbia Greenway Rail Trail[citation needed] (Westfield)
- Danvers Rail Trail[3] (Danvers)
- East Boston Greenway
- Eastern Marsh Trail[4] (Salisbury)
- Fitchburg Cutoff Path (Belmont to Cambridge)
- Ghost Trail[5] (Salisbury)
- Grand Trunk Trail (Massachusetts)[citation needed]
- Haggetts Rail Trail[citation needed]
- Hanover Branch Rail Trail[citation needed]
- Independence Greenway[citation needed]
- Jay McLaren Memorial Trail[citation needed]
- Lower Neponset River Trail a.k.a. Neponset Trail a.k.a. Neponset River Greenway
- Manhan Rail Trail (Easthampton)
- Marblehead Bike Path[citation needed] a.k.a. Marblehead Rail-Trail
- Mattapoisett Rail Trail[citation needed]
- Methuen Rail Trail[6] (Methuen)
- Minuteman Bikeway (Bedford to Cambridge)
- Nashua River Rail Trail (Ayer to Nashua, New Hampshire)
- Newton Upper Falls Greenway[citation needed]
- North Central Pathway[7] (Gardner to Winchendon)
- North Plymouth Rail Trail[citation needed] (Plymouth) a.k.a Seaside Trail
- Northampton Ryan Rail Trail[8] (part of the Mass Central Rail Trail)
- Norwottuck Rail Trail (Northampton to Belchertown) a.k.a. Norwottuck Branch Rail Trail
- Old Colony Rail Trail (Harwich and Chatham)
- Phoenix Rail Trail[9] (Fairhaven) a.k.a. Phoenix Bike Trail
- Pierre Lallement Bike Path[citation needed]
- Quequechan River Rail Trail[citation needed] (Fall River)
- Quinebaug River Rail Trail[citation needed]
- Reformatory Branch Rail Trail (Bedford to Concord) a.k.a. Reformatory Branch Trail
- Saulnier Trail[citation needed] (New Bedford)
- Shining Sea Bikeway (Falmouth to Woods Hole)
- Somerville Community Path
- Spencer Depot Rail Trail[citation needed]
- Southern New England Trunkline Trail
- Southwick Rail Trail[10] (Southwick) (connects with Farmington Canal Heritage Trail)
- Tri-Community Greenway[citation needed]
- Upper Charles Rail Trail[11] (Holliston) (Milford) a.k.a Holliston Rail Trail[12] a.k.a Milford Rail Trail[13] (Milford Branch)
- Ware River Rail Trail[citation needed]
- Wellington Greenway[citation needed]
- Whitney Spur Rail Trail[citation needed]
- World War II Veterans Memorial Trail[14]
In planning/under construction
- Bay Circuit Trail
- Bay Colony Rail Trail[15] (Newton to Medfield)
- Chelsea Greenway
- Cochituate Rail Trail[16] (Natick Center to the Saxonville section of Framingham, crossing Lake Cochituate)
- East Coast Greenway
- Farmington Canal Trail (connects with Southwick Rail Trail)
- Fitchburg-Leominster Trail[17]
- Marion Pathway[citation needed]
- Mass Central Rail Trail (Northampton, working toward Boston) a.k.a. Wayside Trail [1] [2] (Central Massachusetts Railroad)
- Mattapoisett Rail Trail[18]
- Northern Strand Community Trail
- Squannacook Rail Trail[19]
- Wakefield-Lynnfield Trail[20]
- Watertown Branch Railroad (Watertown Greenway)
References
- ^ "Guide to the Narrow-Gauge Rail-Trail" (PDF). Friends of Bedford Depot Park. October 5, 2001.
- ^ "Clipper City Rail Trail, Newburyport". Coastal Trails Coalition.
- ^ "Danvers Rail Trail". Friends of Danvers Recreation.
- ^ "Eastern Marsh Trail, Salisbury". Coastal Trails Coalition.
- ^ "Ghost Trail, Salisbury". Coastal Trails Coalition.
- ^ "Methuen Rail Trail".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
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- ^ "Home - Friends of the Milford Upper Charles Trail". www.milfordtrail.org.
- ^ "Holliston Rail Trail". Friends of Holliston Trails.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "World War II Veterans Memorial Trail". TrailLink.
- ^ "The Bay Colony Rail Trail | Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. - Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr". baycolonyrailtrail.org.
- ^ "Cochituate Rail Trail".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Mattapoisett Rail Trail". TrailLink.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "MassDOT Blog - The Official Blog of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation".