Lower Neponset River Trail

Lower Neponset River Trail
Lower Neponset River Trail
	Neponset Trail east of Shawmut underpass in 2016
Length	2.4 mi (3.9 km)
Location	Dorchester, Massachusetts to Mattapan, Massachusetts
Trailheads	Port Norfolk, Dorchester; ; River Street, Mattapan ; (42°16′12″N 71°04′24″W / 42.269965°N 71.073249°W)
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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