Granite Town Rail Trail — Attraction in Milford

Google Maps took us to the wrong place. Look for the Milford Department of Public Works. The trail entrance is next to it. Parking can be tight. Very enjoyable walk. My son and my friend enjoyed it. My daughter grumbled most of the way. My friend said it was a great place to walk after not being able to venture outside on trails because of the winter. She said it was scenic. Sign of all the planets are 🌌 🚀 spaced out according to actually distance from each other. It was interesting! I have only seen this along the road 🛣️ in Presque Isle, Maine. I'm glad to see that Pluto was included! (I don't care what the "experts" say, Pluto is a planet!). I thought the first half was easy. Accessible to strollers, 🚲 bikes and a place to bring Fido. A tunnel runs under the road 🛣️ so you can continue on. You are going to have to wait if someone is inside, it's not very wide. Not all of the trail is accessable to cross country skiing. Small bridges and platforms along the path, which are in good shape. The 2nd half increases in difficulty with more hills and roots. I looked up the trail on another website and the trail is supposed to end in Brookline, Massachusetts. It's about two miles in total. We saw 🦆 ducks and beaver dams. The trail abuts private property. Signs are posted. Motorized vehicles not allowed. I...

I started the trail by the DPW garage parking area later to find out there was another trail head on Armory road which would have been more practical for my bicycle ride. I have a mongrow bike not actually on or off road so it was difficult in the beginning of the trail off of the DPW parking area which had a lot of root and up and down grades. It tapered off after a short distance when I got to the actual rail trail which was so nice!! The scenery was beautiful. I did all of the white blazed trail past the town line. My cell phone dropped off of my bike on the trail as I was riding and later a hiker found it and brought it to the Milford police dept. The power of prayer for sure. There are no...

Was on the South Street segment of the Rail Trail this evening, not far from where it emerges where Union Street bends and runs parallel to 101A, when I heard a noise, looked up, and saw that I'd come within about 20 feet of a bear and two cubs on the west side of the trail. I quietly turned around and headed back toward the DPW garage, warning three people I met who were coming in the bear's direction (including a young girl on a bicycle). I've been walking the trail very late at night, in near darkness, all summer long without an inkling—which I won't be doing anymore. Just...