Submitted by bball33115 t3_11yt8sn in RhodeIsland

Hello. I recently moved to Cumberland from out of state. I was taking a walk on Rawson Rd (off of Abbott Run Valley Rd). Right across from Quaker Rd is a clearing past some utility equipment. Does anyone know if that is a public trail, off-limits state property, or private property? On Google maps it looks like the clearing goes on quite a while. There also looks like there is a trail right before one of the bridges but I had the same question. Thanks For the help!

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Kelruss t1_jd9dze9 wrote

This seems like a question to ask the Town. Just looking on Google Maps, it looks like an old right of way, where Quaker Rd would’ve run through all the way to Rt. 120. This might still be a paper street, where the Town stills own the property, but the road just no longer exists. Residents may or may not be aware of it (which could lead to disputes). Alternatively, residents may have petitioned the Town to abandon it, and then it would all be private property. But if it’s cut and maintained along the route, then that makes me more inclined to believe it’s still the Town’s property, that’s who I would ask.

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indelible75 t1_jd9i8ng wrote

It's part of the Cumberland land trust. Trails go all over the north end of the town. There's train heads in a bunch of spots, in the dollar store lot off Mendon Rd, by the swamp on Nate Whipple, off west wrentham Rd by the power lines. Nice hikes.

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leonpinneaple t1_jdcm9pj wrote

AllTrails is also a pretty nice app for public hiking spots.

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Exact-Finger6916 t1_jdnym3k wrote

I grew up in Cumberland. It's a mix of land owned by the Pawtucket water supply board (long story on that one, Cumberland sold off alot of it's reservoirs/streams to Pawtucket back in the day ), National Grid (or whatever group they are now), and private landowners.

It's a former railbed of the defunct New York and New Haven railroad that National Grid bought and used as an easement to run gas lines through.

Some people walk on it, but National Grid does have security planes do flyovers of the land, and the city of Pawtucket does have security trucks drive around the area.

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