Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, Uxbridge

This is a beautiful place to go for a nice stroll. The path by the water is beautiful, but the grass paths through the woods are also enjoyable. You'll see all different varieties of wildlife, birds, fowl, turtles, frogs, squirrel chipmunk and a few snakes. This is a great place to bring your dog for a walk. Leashes are required. Lots of paths to walk and off the path places for adventures and to sniff around.

I enjoyed the canal section of the park and the tow path which is friendly to wheel chair and bike traffic. If you turn left after the foot bridge there is a short section of the canal out to the stone arch bridge. If you cross the street to the river path it becomes a hiking trail through the woods that is a somewhat challenging walk or a mountain bike ride for experienced riders. Taking a right off the bridge is the main canal path which is very user friendly with some history points of interest. There is a decent amount of paved parking at the visitor center and there is additional parking on the other side of the road on a grass lot