Cochituate Rail Trail, Massachusetts, United States

4.0 (15 reviews) Spent < 1 hour Ranking #7 in Framingham Biking Trails • Jogging Paths & Tracks

short trek ...

this is a short trail for walking/biking with a plan for extension (eventually). pretty quiet passing through industrial park. not sure its worth putting my bike on the car though wouldn't;t take streets to get there from my neighborhood. hopefully it will go through to Cochichuate Lake area at some point soon!!

Address

, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, Postal Code: 017102.

Website

http://crtrail.org/

Current local date and time now

Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 3:30

User Ratings

4.0 based on (15 reviews)

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Reviews

  • 4Northern_Traveler00 5:00 PM Nov 21, 2022
    Almost done
    Went to the Natick end yesterday and to the Framingham end today. Natick end still ends in a mess, but signage and benches are very nice. Framingham end sort of peters out and has no signage and fewer benches, but still a nice walk either way.
  • 3Northern_Traveler00 5:00 PM Sep 26, 2021
    Lots of potential
    Saw the bridge over Route 9 now had walkers on it so we parked near the AmVets and got on the trail and headed south towards and beyond Route 9. Lots of benches and nice fencing up to the Route 9 overpass as you pass the lake on both sides, and every tenth of a mile there is a marker so you know how far you have gone (we started at the 1.6 mile mark). Good signage explaining the history of the trail and of Natick along the route, too. Once you cross route 9 it is more of a paved path in sort of a gully, but the markers continue along with the path until you get to Navy Yard Field (playground) on the right, where signs tell you the trail ends. You can see the Right of Way continuing towards Cochituate street so we went on as the trail got muddy and less pretty, and then you reach MBTA/Keolis warning signs so we turned around and headed back to Mechanic street and went on route 27 to Natick Center. You can see they are building a new train station west of 27, hopefully that finishes soon so the trail can continue. Next time we will take the trail towards Framingham and explore there

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