Coventry Trestle Trail

| August 4, 2019

Coventry Trestle Trail

4.2 miles; Coventry, RI Nice walk through here… probably the quietest and most scenic of the Washington Secondary sections we’ve done. This walk ended a little to the west of Route 102 in Coventry. As I have mentioned in previous posts, the state is working on completing this trail through to the state line, but […]

Coventry Greenway West

| July 24, 2019

Coventry Greenway West

2.5 miles; Coventry, RI This was a quick after-work hike… well, for those of us who still work. We had a nice little group for this section of the Washington Secondary. Only 1 more section to go now that’s passable. There are a whole lotta lakes in Coventry, and some very pretty lakeside properties. I […]

Coventry Greenway East

| July 20, 2019

Coventry Greenway East

2.86 miles; Coventry, RI A continuation of the Trails & Walks group’s hike of the entire Washington Secondary Bike Path, this section runs through Coventry. Temps for our last section of this, done last December, were in the single digits. Today it was expected that they might hit TRIPLE digits. Ah, New England… Because it […]

West Warwick Bike Path 2

| December 8, 2018

West Warwick Bike Path 2

2.7 miles; West Warwick and Coventry, RI I thought my last walk on the bike path was cold. I had NO IDEA. It was COLD this December morning at 8:00 am! If I recall correctly, it was about 16ºF. This part of the Washington Secondary Bike Path goes through, appropriately, Arctic Village in West Warwick. […]

West Warwick Bike Path

| December 1, 2018

West Warwick Bike Path

2.6 miles; Warwick and West Warwick, RI Some friends and I were determined to complete as much as we could of the Washington Secondary Bike Path through RI, even though one of us had a serious knee injury. We waited, and cut down the mileage, and today got in another 2 1/2 miles. The weather […]

Cranston Bike Path

| September 23, 2018

5.78 miles; Cranston & Warwick, RI This was an PCHC hike. We’ve decided to explore the entire length of the Washington Secondary Bike Path in RI and the Trestle Trail in CT, which are actually one long rail trail that stretches from Moosup, CT to Warwick, RI. It runs along an abandoned rail corridor of the […]