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Massachusetts

Weekly summer Landline ride at the newly rebuilt trail and boardwalk around the Needham Reservoir in Massachusetts | Photo by David Loutzenheiser

Learn about trails in Massachusetts including top trails, trail statistics, funding, projects and how you can get involved.

Top 10 Trails in Massachusetts video (2021)

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Top 10 Trails in Massachusetts

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State Stats

83

total rail-trails

447

miles of rail-trails

70

current projects

324

miles of potential rail-trail

20.1 M

Available Funds in the State

US Funds

FY23 Total Reserved for Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program (source: FHWA)

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Learn about Transportation Alternatives funding in the state

News & Stories from MA

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New England Rail-Trail Network

RTC is working with trail advocates and transportation leaders from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont to advance a plan for connecting the region’s 1,000 miles of open trail.

^{Massachusetts’ Mass Central Rail Trail | Photo by Milo Bateman}

Learn more about the network