The Moosup Valley State Park Trail is a 5.8 mile rail trail in eastern Connecticut. It passes through the towns of Sterling and Plainfield on the rail bed of the former New Haven Railroad.
In Plainfield, the trail is about 2.2 miles long with its western terminus at the River Street parking area. Heading east, the trail skirts the edge of the Moosup River Valley and offers occasional scenic vistas – more so in leaf off seasons. The trail continues 3.6 miles across Sterling to the Rhode Island border. From there the trail continues east as the Coventry Greenway through the town of Greene into Coventry, Rhode Island.
Surfaces range from frequent packed dirt with some grassy, sandy and gravelly areas. Some lengths are still dominated by the old railroad ballast. There are two paved sections - between Whitney Hill Road and Barber Hill Road in Moosup and between Providence Road and Spring Lake Road in Sterling.
The trail crosses the following roads at grade, providing access and parking at multiple locations:
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