Wednesday, January 25, 2017

The Rail Trail - MA RI CT (Trail)

-Depends where enter from. There are numerous parking locations. Chocolog Road, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, West Street, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, Wallum Lake Road, Douglas, Massachusetts, etc.
-Various times 2016 on
-varying length depending on where start/stop, the trail trail goes on for miles, is not a loop
-very easy
-no bathrooms, except at Douglas State Forest
-notes:
     -most parking areas are small dirt lots on the side of the road and free
     -Douglas offers paved paid parking
     -can pick up the trail at Chocolog Road -Uxbridge, West Street - Uxbridge, Thompson-Connecticut
     -trail is flat, is very easy. Has some remnants of the old railway, loose gravel, sand, etc. Most of the trail is a compact surface though
     -Goes from Connecticut, through Massachusetts, then down to Rhode Island
     -goes across streets, so yield for traffic
     -has some pretty, old bridges along the way, some are falling apart so use caution
     -doesnt loop, so have to walk back the same way you came
     -pretty in the fall, picturesque
     -has a tri state point, can be in 3 states at once
     -can get very muddy after rain
     -dog friendly

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