Dorchester, Massachusetts to Mattapan, Massachusetts
Trailheads
Port Norfolk, Dorchester; River Street, Mattapan (42°16′12″N71°04′24″W / 42.269965°N 71.073249°W / 42.269965; -71.073249)
Use
Hiking, bicycling
Difficulty
Easy
Season
Year-round
Sights
Marsh, mills
The Lower Neponset River Trail is a 2.4-mile-long (3.9 km) rail trail running along the Neponset River in the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts.[1] It roughly follows the path of the eastern part of the Dorchester and Milton Branch Railroad from the Port Norfolk neighborhood in Dorchester to the Central Avenue T Station in Milton,[2] passing through Pope John Paul II Park, the Neponset Marshes, and the Lower Mills area.[3]
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