Self Guided Walking Tours

One of the great things about visiting the Blackstone River Valley is you can just go off and explore the area on your own, at your own pace. Sometimes the best way to really get the feel for the park is to just take a walk through one of the villages and see how they all tie together around the mill and the river. But if you like to have a little bit of guidance on your journey, please click on the links below for a self guided tour through the sites of the Blackstone River Valley.

To enhance your Self Guided Tour, why not download the NPS App? You can view self-guided tours under the "Self-Guided Tours" icon.

 

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  From commune to factory town

  Hopedale Self Guided Tour

  Hopedale began as a commune and grew into the home of the largest loom manufacturer in America

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  Making the Machines

  Whitinsville Walking Tour

  The Whitin Machine Works made machines for textile mills across the Blackstone Valley and around the world.

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  America's First Mill Village

  Slatersville Walking Tour

  Slatersville is the first planned mill village in America, and the blueprint for the other villages of the Blackstone Valley