Berlin MA to the Clinton Tunnel on the Mass Central Rail Trail and back

 

Map of the MCRT from Berlin to and including the Clinton tunnel.
screenshot of the map on the masscentralrailtrail.org site

We have been walking the MCRT in segments from Belmont MA westward.  Our first segment was Belmont to Waltham, then Waltham to Sudbury,  then Sudbury to Holden, Holden to Berlin and now todays walk, Berlin up to and including the Clinton train tunnel and back. 

This section is all marked in blue on the map. That's supposed to mean that it's unofficial, bikeable and walkable.   For the most part this is true. In a few places on this segment people have extended their lawn across the right of way so you have to cross their lawn.  In other places buildings have been built on top of where the tracks once ran and we were forced to walk on the street.  In addition in some places the brush on the trail was so thick that you would be pushing your bicycle and lifting it over downed trees. 

Trail where we started in Berlin

Trail after the tracks have been taken up

West end of the tunnel.
See the light at the end?