Originally Posted by rangie

You can park at the Police station in Cranston.

The Cranston end has places where tree roots have bubbled up the pavement, a sewage treatment plant and is kind of trashy. Not terrible just meh...

Things get better as you head west. You pass some old factories, one is a soap plant and smells like lavender, then on to Coventry which is nice. The trail gets smoother, fewer road crossings, less trash and prettier scenery.

Food will be easier to find near the Cranston end (Weinorama!) but there will be places to stop in Coventry.

The trail does continue into Sterling all the way to Moosup CT. The further you go over the RI line the more challenging things become as the trail turns to gravel, sand, a bare bridge, rail ballast, mud......