Length:                  Clipper City Rail Trail; 1.1 miles

Difficulty:              Easy. Flat, paved rail trail.

To start from Newburyport MBTA Station ; From the junction of Routes 1 & 1A in Newburyport, head south on Route 1. Just before the traffic circle take a right onto Parker St. The Newburyport MBTA Station is on your left. A fee is charged for parking in the lot. I don't know if they will have a separate parking lot for the trail. To take your bike on the train to this station visit; MBTA . For information concerning taking your bike on the train visit; MBTA-BIKES .

The Clipper City Rail Trail will run a little over a mile from the MBTA Commuter Rail Station to the Merrimack River along the old Eastern Railroad, part of the Boston & Maine Railroad. A new pedestrian bridge will cross over Low Street. The multi-use trail will carve its way down the existing railroad embankment (which dead-ends high above the river at the old rail bridge) and connect directly with the growing HARBORWALK along the shoreline. The trail will cut easterly along the shoreline through the old railroad embankment and travel underneath the Route 1 Gillis Bridge, connecting with the Waterside West district and a sidewalk back to Merrimac Street. The trail will connect to Cashman Park and the shoreline of the Merrimack River. Once the Clipper City Rail Trail is constructed and the Enhancement Project is implemented, the City will be able to focus on the intensive amount of work required to extend the trail along the old City Branch rail corridor. This corridor runs along the waterfront east of the Boardwalk and loops through the South End neighborhood to the east of the downtown. The Clipper City Rail Trail is part of a larger envisioned regional trails network, including the Coastal Trails Network, the Border to Boston Trail, and the Merrimack River Trail. For more information visit; CLIPPER CITY RAIL TRAIL .

See; Old Eastern Marsh Trail .  

Starting from the MBTA Station ;