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The Greenway route enters Massachusetts in the north in Salisbury, where it uses the Border to Boston and Bike to the Sea trails to get close to the Boston line. The State Committee is examining four options for getting through the city, including a waterfront route which links to the Neponset Greenway or a more inner-city route which will use Southwest Corridor Park, scenic Forest Hills cemetery, and a newly-established urban wildlife sanctuary on the grounds of the former Massachusetts State Hospital.

From Boston, the Greenway will head west to Worcester (using the Charles River Bikepath and the Central Massachusetts Rail-Trail), where it use the Blackstone River Bikeway to reach Providence, RI. View the map from Worcester to the Rhode Island border.

An alternate route is being developed to directly link Boston and Providence, RI. Trails that may become part of this alternate include the Old Colony Trail (Mansfield), the Taunton River Trail (Taunton/Somerset), and trail in Swansea. This alternate will cross from Swansea, MA to Warren, RI, where the trail will head north along the East Bay Bike Path to Providence.

These facilities have been designated as segments of the East Coast Greenway:

  • Everett Bicycle Path, Everett MA
  • Paul Dudley White Bicycle Path (aka Charles River Bikepath)
  • Blackstone River Bikeway (on-road route), Worcester to Plummers Landing
  • Blackstone Canal Towpath, Uxbridge
  • Blackstone River Bikeway (on-road route), Uxbridge to RI border

    For more information and to join the active Massachusetts planning committee, contact:

    Craig Della Penna
    62 Chestnut St.
    Florence, MA 01062
    (413) 585-8559

    • View the map of Massachusetts' statewide greenway network.

    Check out the list of trail and greenway resources in Massachusetts.


    Massachusetts Mile Sponsors

    Thank you to all of our Mile Sponsors!

    Each plate below represents a mile or more of East Coast Greenway that has been sponsored in Massachusetts.
    Eventually all inscriptions will be posted on signs along the Greenway in Massachusetts.
    Learn how you can sponsor a mile of Greenway!



        MASSACHUSETTS    
    Marguerite Kelly & Tony Barrett; 1999 Gary & Trisha Belanger; 1999 Chip Angle; 2000 Margaret McBrien & Kirk Barrett; 2000 Ann & Donald Berwick; 2000
    Linwood M. Erskine; 2000 Charles Flather; 2000 Kenneth Gould; 2000 In loving memory of Wynn & Arthur Hoffer; 2000 Greg & Kristen Huff; 2000
    The Valle R. Nelson Family; 2000 Henry Phippen; 2000 Thomas B. Powers; 2000 Patricia King Powers; 2000 Carolyn Shield; 2000
    Thaddeus David King; 2000 Stacey Hope King; 2000 Jean Shield; 2000 John Shield; 2000 Greg Kullberg; 2000
    Gretchen Long Glickman; 2000 Cathy & Jerry Sabath; 2000 The Sharpe Family; 10 miles; 2000 Danika Votava; 2000 Chip Angle; 2001
    Lucy & George Bailey; 2001 Nancy & Will Crowther; 2001 Craig P. Della Penna; 2001 Kenneth Gould; 2001 Ted Hamman; 2001
    Gary & Karen Martin; 2001 Hank & Ann Phippen; 2001 In Honor of Ed Barrett; 2002 Stewart & Katrina Butterfield; 2002 Narissa Chadwick & Carl-Jan Rupp; 2002
    Kate Meredith Flather "Keep on Truckin"; 2002 Charles Rogers Flather "For the Future"; 2002 Lucie Boyce Flather "A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step - Ancient Proverb"; 2002 Frederick Poor Flather "Enjoy It"; 2002 Cynthia Hillier; 2002
    Roger Messman; 2002 "May the wind always be behind ye"; 2002 Andrew Rubel; 2002 Roger & Susan Shamel & Family; 2002 Monica Sethi & Andrew Tang; 2003
    In memory of David F. Saulnier; 2003 Meredith Benton; 2003 The Berry Family; 2003 In memory of William Cohen; 2003 In memory of my mother, Beatrice Brailey, intrepid cyclist. Lisa Brailey; 2003
    Enjoy the ride; 2003 Happy Trails! Stephen Gulo, November 16, 2003 Martin Dispensa; 2003 Ms. Amy Drinker, 30 Gregory St, Marblehead, MA 01945; 2003 Steve & Judy stood here; 2003
    Limor Fried; 2003 Andrew & Deborah Johnson; 2003 Everything is impossible until it's not - Spock; 2003 David, Linda & Dennis Little; 2003 Laura McMurry; 2003
    John, Carolyn, Eric, Jeff & Laura Olson; 2003 Colleen & Jeff Paradis; 2003 David & Susan Read - 3 states; 2003 Anonymous; 2003 Snow-Kurki mile; 2003
    Holly Stratford; 2003 Russ Cohen; 2004 David Collins; 2004 Roz Diamond, Mike & Lauren Harnett; 2004 George Drake; 2004
    Francesca M. Eastman; 2004 Don & Gina Fisher; 2004 Reality is frequently inadequate; 2004 Remember to live - Goethe; 2004 Make your upcoming hour overflow with joy - Shakespeare; 2004
    Without a struggle, there can be no progress - F. Douglass; 2004 For Norton & Pete; 2004 Lojko Family of Woburn, MA; 2004 Stephen Mongeau; 2004 Dr. Arnold Robbins M.D.; 2004
    To our grandson Spencer - Enjoy!; 2004 To our grandson Graham - Enjoy!; 2004 Kristen Scharf; 2004 Mark Stewart; 2004 The Totty Family; 2004
    In memory of Lew Rogers; 2005 Peter Dobratz; 2005 George Drake; 2005 Doug, Becky, Emma, Lucy & Haley Gladstone; 2005 Vouloir C'est Pouvoir (Where There's A Will, There's A Way); 2005
    Christine Lojko; 2005 Sponsored by Gary Martin of Boxford, MA; 2005 Dave & Sue Scheel; 2005 Dick Sena; 2005 Herb & Judy Spivak; 2005
    Mark Stewart; 2005 Joel Gartland; 2006 Cycling Rocks!; 2006 Bike not Bombs!; 2006 Kevin Wolf; 2006
    In memory of Valerie Barnes, who loved people and bikes; 2006 Daphne & Michael Stevens; 2006 Marjorie and Henry Harvey; 2006 Amelie Ratliff; 2006 Bicycling Bliss; 2006
    Happy 30th Birthday, Jon Koopmann; 2007 Michael Barry; 2007 In honor of William "Larry" Black, MD; 2007 Peace; 2007 Junction Gypsies; 2007
    The Kroodsma Family; 2007 Aren't we lucky!; 2007 In memory of John Nunley; 2007 For Alexander J. Stephan. May this small gift benefit you and your generation; 2007 Ed Terlik & Family; 2007
    In memory of Alan Kotok; 2007 One Less Car - J, M & T Bonner; 2007 Finley, Elias and Molly Ruth Rodreguez; 2007 Peace to all who pass here; 2007 Jack and Susannah Cooper; 2007
    Sig Adler; 2007 For Alexander J. Stephan. May this small gift benefit you and your generation; 2007 Happy 30th Birthday - Jon Koopmann; 2007 To Your Health; 2007 Jack & Susannah Cooper. We love you - live everyday of your lives; 2008
    < - - This way to connect with people, places, nature - - >; 2008 The Elovitz Family - Happy Biking!; 2008      


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