Rail-trails in the Boston area and Eastern Massachusetts


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Alewife Linear Park - Somerville Community Path - Grove-Cedar Bike Path
Source:City of Somerville
In: Cambridge Somerville
Assabet River Rail Trail - 5-Town Trail Route
Source:Town of Hudson
In: Acton Hudson Marlborough Maynard Stow
Assabet River Rail Trail - Hudson section
Source:Town of Hudson
In: Hudson
Assabet River Rail Trail - Marlborough section
Source:Town of Hudson
In: Marlborough
Bay Colony Rail Trail
Source:Town of Needham
In: Needham
Bay Colony Rail Trail
Source:Masstrails.com Rail-Trails
In: Needham
Bay State Rail Trail
Source:Trailforks.com
In: Rockport
Bedford Rail-Trails inc. Minuteman, Narrow Gauge, Reformatory Branch
Source:Friends of Bedford Depot Park
In: Bedford
Bradford Rail Trail
Source:Bike It Or Hike It
In: Haverhill
Bridle Path
Source:Town of Marshfield
In: Marshfield
The Bruce Freeman Trail
Source:Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail
Other maps:brochure
In: Acton Carlisle Chelmsford Concord Lowell Westford
The Bruce Freeman Trail - Concord section
Source:Town of Concord
In: Concord
Clipper City Rail Trail and Harborwalk
Source:City of Newburyport
Other maps:aerial map
In: Newburyport
Clipper City Rail Trail, Amesbury's Riverwalk, Old Eastern Marsh Trail, Salisbury Point Ghost Trail
Source:Coastal Trails Coalition
In: Amesbury Newbury Newburyport Salisbury West Newbury
Cochituate Rail Trail
Source:Cochituate Rail Trail Advisory Committee
In: Framingham Natick
Concord River Greenway
Source:Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust
Other maps:brochure in Spanish
In: Lowell
Danvers Rail Trail - interactive map
Source:Danvers Rail Trail Advisory Committee
Other maps:static map
segment maps
In: Danvers
East Boston Greenway and Open Space Map
Source:The Trustees of Reservations
Other maps:guide
In: Boston
Fitchburg Cutoff Bike Path aka Belmont - Cambridge - Somerville Path
Source:City of Cambridge
In: Belmont Cambridge Somerville
Haggett's Pond & Rail Trail
Source:Andover Trails Committee
In: Andover
Hanover Branch Rail Trail
Source:Bike It or Hike It
In: Abington Rockland
Independence Greenway
Source:City of Peabody
In: Peabody
Lower Neponset River Trail
Source:Mass. DCR
In: Boston Milton
Marblehead Rail Trail
Source:Bike It Or Hike It
In: Marblehead
Marshfield Rail Trail
Source:Town of Marshfield
In: Marshfield
Marshview and Jay McClaren Memorial Trail
Source:Merrimack Valley Planning Commission
In: Merrimac
Marshview and Jay McClaren Memorial Trail
Source:Town of Merrimac
In: Merrimac
Mass Central Rail Trail - overview map
Source:Mass Centrail Rail Trail.org
In: Hardwick Holden New Braintree Oakham Rutland Somerville West Boylston
Methuen Rail Trail
Source:Trailforks.com
In: Methuen
Middleton Rail Trail
Source:Town of Middleton
In: Middleton
The Minuteman Bikeway
Source:Friends of The Minuteman Bikeway
Other maps:jpg
In: Arlington Bedford Cambridge Lexington
The Minuteman Bikeway
Source:Mass. DOT
In: Arlington Bedford Cambridge Lexington
The Minuteman Bikeway
Source:Mass. DOT
In: Arlington Bedford Cambridge Lexington
Narrow Gauge Rail-Trail
Source:Friends of Bedford Depot Park
In: Bedford Billerica
Nashua River Rail Trail
Source:Mass. DCR
In: Ayer Dunstable Groton Pepperell
Nepsonet River Greenway
Source:Neponset Watershed Association
In: Boston Milton Quincy
Northern Strand Community Trail - interactive map
Source:Bike to the Sea, Inc
Other maps:printable brochure with map
interactive Google map
In: Everett Lynn Malden Revere Saugus
Peabody Rail Trail
Source:Masstrails map - Bike It or Hike It info
In: Peabody
Plainville Rail-trail behind Town Hall and Telford Park
Source:Plainville Open Space Committee
In: Plainville
Red Line Path
Source:Groton Conservation Trust
In: Groton
Reformatory Branch Rail-Trail
Source:Friends of Bedford Depot Park
In: Bedford Concord
Reformatory Branch Rail-Trail
Source:Concord Trails Committee
In: Bedford Concord
Salem Beverly Waterway Canal - Grand Wenham Canal
Source:Wikipedia
In: Topsfield Wenham
Salem Beverly Waterway Canal - Grand Wenham Canal
Source:Bike It or Hike It
In: Topsfield Wenham
Salisbury Rail Trail
Source:Merrimack Valley Planning Commission
In: Salisbury
Squannacook River Rail Trail
Source:Squannacook Greenways, Inc.
In: Townsend
Stone Arch Bridge - Russell Bird Sanctuary
Source:Westford Conservation Trust
Other maps:topo
In: Westford
Topsfield Rail Trail - Topsfield Linear Common
Source:Topsfield Rail Trail Committee
In: Topsfield
Topsfield Linear Common/Rail Trail
Source:Essex County Trail Association
In: Topsfield
Topsfield Rail Trail and Grand Wenham Canal
Source:Friends of Topsfield Trails
In: Topsfield Wenham
Tri-Community Greenway
Source:Friends of the Tri-Community Greenway
In: Stoneham Winchester Woburn
Upper Charles Trail
Source:Hopkinton Trails Club
In: Holliston Milford
Upper Charles Trail - current and proposed sections
Source:Upper Charles Trail.org
In: Holliston Hopkinton Milford Sherborn
Upper Charles Trail - Hopkinton section - Center Trail
Source:Bike It or Hike It
In: Hopkinton
Upper Charles Trail - Milford section
Source:Friends of the Milford Upper Charles Trail
In: Milford
Upper Falls Greenway
Source:Newton Conservators
In: Newton
Watertown Branch Rail Trail - Watertown Greenway
Source:Friends of the Community Paths
In: Watertown
Woodland Acres including Bay State Rail Trail
Source:Essex County Greenbelt Association
Other maps:interactive map
In: Rockport

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