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Old Colony Rail Trail

Rail-trail in Massachusetts · OpenStreetMap relation

Length
8.0 mi 12.8 km1
On former railbed
6.7 mi 84%
Surface
Paved1
Last checked
Oct 12, 2026

The Old Colony Rail Trail is a paved rail trail located in Harwich and Chatham, Massachusetts. It occupies the Old Colony Railroad's abandoned Chatham Branch railroad right-of-way. Most of the trail follows roughly the path of the old railbed, except for deviations around the Chatham Municipal Airport and a utility yard in Harwich. Its west end connects to the Cape Cod Rail Trail in Harwich at a bike rotary.

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  • Old Colony Rail Trail, East Harwich MA.jpg Old Colony Rail Trail, East Harwich MA.jpg
    Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  • Old Colony Rail Trail, Harwich MA.jpg Old Colony Rail Trail, Harwich MA.jpg
    Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  • Old Colony Rail Trail, South Chatham MA.jpg Old Colony Rail Trail, South Chatham MA.jpg
    Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  • Old Colony Rail Trail.jpg Old Colony Rail Trail.jpg
    Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  • Old Colony Rail Trail signage.jpg Old Colony Rail Trail signage.jpg
    Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  • Harwich, along the trail Harwich, along the trail
    Photo: HAH Photography · CC BY-ND · Flickr

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Sources

  1. OpenStreetMap relation 9710637, OpenStreetMap contributors · Map data · ODbL · checked Oct 12, 2026
  2. “Old Colony Rail Trail”, Wikipedia · Encyclopedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · checked Oct 12, 2026
  3. Wikidata Q7083741, Wikidata · Knowledge base · CC0 · checked Oct 12, 2026

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