Moosup Valley State Park Trail

41°42′47″N 71°52′52″W / 41.71306°N 71.88107°W / 41.71306; -71.88107)
State line in Sterling (41°41′44″N 71°47′19″W / 41.69561°N 71.78855°W / 41.69561; -71.78855)UseHiking, biking, horseback riding, cross-country skiingSightsWoodlands, Moosup RiverSurfaceVarious: dirt with some grass, sand and gravel; old railroad ballastMaintained byConnecticut Department of Energy and Environmental ProtectionWebsiteMoosup Valley State Park Trail

The Moosup Valley State Park Trail is a rail trail located on the railbed of a former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad line in the New England towns of Plainfield and Sterling in Windham County, Connecticut.^[1] The line ran from 1898 until 1968.^[2] The rail line was abandoned in the late 1960s, and was designated by the state as a multi-use trail in 1987. The trail is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

It runs for approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from Main Street in the center of the village of Moosup to the Rhode Island state line in the town of Sterling, where the trail continues into Rhode Island as the Coventry Greenway.^[2] The Moosup Valley Trail, together with the Quinebaug River Trail and the Air Line Trail, is "a critical link" in the Hartford to Providence section of the planned East Coast Greenway.^[3]

Crossings

Town	Carrying	Notes	Coordinates
Plainfield	Route 14	parking area/ terminus	41°42′46″N 71°52′52″W / 41.7129°N 71.8812°W / 41.7129; -71.8812
	Moosup River	river crossing	41°42′49″N 71°52′48″W / 41.7135°N 71.8800°W / 41.7135; -71.8800
	River St.		41°42′51″N 71°52′44″W / 41.7141°N 71.8790°W / 41.7141; -71.8790
	Barber Hill Rd.		41°43′02″N 71°52′07″W / 41.7171°N 71.8686°W / 41.7171; -71.8686
	Brunswick Ave.		41°42′59″N 71°51′39″W / 41.7165°N 71.8608°W / 41.7165; -71.8608
	Route 14	overpass	41°43′10″N 71°51′31″W / 41.7194°N 71.8587°W / 41.7194; -71.8587
Sterling	Moosup River		41°42′46″N 71°50′11″W / 41.7127°N 71.8364°W / 41.7127; -71.8364
	Main St.		41°42′36″N 71°49′54″W / 41.7101°N 71.8316°W / 41.7101; -71.8316
	Industrial Park Rd.		41°42′33″N 71°49′45″W / 41.7091°N 71.8293°W / 41.7091; -71.8293
	Route 14		41°42′25″N 71°49′33″W / 41.7069°N 71.8257°W / 41.7069; -71.8257
	Providence Rd.	underpass	41°41′52″N 71°48′33″W / 41.6978°N 71.8093°W / 41.6978; -71.8093
	Spring Lake Rd.		41°41′48″N 71°48′01″W / 41.6968°N 71.8003°W / 41.6968; -71.8003
	Route 14A		41°41′48″N 71°47′54″W / 41.6967°N 71.7983°W / 41.6967; -71.7983
Sterling/ Coventry	CT/ RI State Border	terminus	41°41′44″N 71°47′19″W / 41.6956°N 71.7887°W / 41.6956; -71.7887

References

^ "Moosup Valley State Park Trail". State Parks and Forests. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. September 13, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Moosup Valley State Park Trail". TrailLink. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
^ "Connecticut National Recreational Trails Program Recreational Trails Plan" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. September 2011. p. 4. Retrieved May 7, 2014.

External links

Moosup Valley State Park Trail Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Moosup Valley State Park Trail Map Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Plainfield: Moosup Valley State Park Trail Connecticut Department of Transportation
Sterling: Moosup Valley State Park Trail Connecticut Department of Transportation

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