The Northern Strand
The Northern Strand Community Trail is a 10-mile mixed-use path that runs between Everett and Lynn, through the cities of Malden, Revere, and Saugus. It is absolutely the best, closest “rail trail” type experience you can get from Melrose. Unfortunately, since the trail does not extend to Melrose, and Melrose has not built any protected mixed-use infrastructure connecting to Malden or Saugus, one of the most frequent questions we get is “what’s the safest way to get to the trail?” One of our Committee members has developed these wire maps as a way to visualize a few different routes to the trail. Check them out and let us know what you think!