Noanet Woodlands
The appeal of the Noanet Woodlands is the view from the top of Noanet Peak. You'll be hard pressed to find a vista that conceals nearby suburbia so well this close to Boston. This unique rock-top can be found by Caryl Trai... trailpeak.com
Rocky Woods
The reservation features over six miles of former woods roads and footpaths through rolling hills of white pine and red oak that are part of both the Neponset River Watershed and the Charles River Watershed. Rocky ledges a... trailpeak.com
Cutler Park
The parking area for Cutler Park is located in Needham MA. But the park itself extends into Dedham, Newton, Brookline and Boston. The park consists of a few hills and a lot of trails near an 800-acre marsh along the Charle... trailpeak.com
Millenium Park
This is one of the best places to walk your dog in Boston. The folks here are real laid back and there are dogs running free everywhere. You can also take the path into the woods for some bird watching or just to get away ... trailpeak.com
Callahan State Park
There are loads of great trails in Callahan State Park. Lots of rolling double track that is great for new mountain bikers or out of shape mountain bikers. Pay close attention and you will find some cool sections of single... trailpeak.com
Strawberry Hill Trail
Strawberry Hill Trail is the longest, most well maintained section of trail for all the above activities. This trail is part of Hale Reservation in Westwood and Dover, Mass. Hale is a non-profit organization that facilitat... trailpeak.com
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located just 20 miles west of Boston. The refuge was established in 1947 to provide nesting, resting, and feeding habitat for migratory birds. Roughly 85 percent of the r... bostoncentral.com
Caryl Trail
The Caryl Trail is part of the Noanet Woodlands. It begins in the parking area in Caryl Park and heads south. Follow the yellow blaze markers. It passes a trail on the left, turns to the left and crosses Noanet Brook. You ... trailpeak.com
Design For Living: Domesticity West Of The City, Lincoln,...
Sometimes it requires wide open spaces for domesticity to come into full bloom. This daylong sojourn ventures west of Boston to the tony ex-urb of Lincoln, a community populated by many Harvard and MIT professors and the seni... trails.com
Elm Bank Reservation, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Don?t let the soccer fields fool you; this reservation has miles of hiking trails through a forest that borders the Charles River. The fact that up until recently these wild acres could have been lost to development only make... trails.com
King Philip Overlook And Rocky Narrows Trail, Sherborn,...
Walk or paddle to the rugged hillside slopes of the remote Rocky Narrows on the Charles River. Rocky Narrows (owned by the Trustees of Reservations) and King Philip Overlook (part of the Sherborn Town Forest) lie adjacent to ... trails.com
A Cross-country Outing, Weston, Massachusetts
Boston is beautiful in the snow, but the white stuff tends to melt away when a warming wind blows in off the ocean. But just a few miles inland, the blanket of snow tends to stay put. This day trip takes advantage of winter j... trails.com
Fresh Pond Reservation, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fresh Pond Reservation consists of a large kettle-hole lake and about 162 acres of surrounding land. The retreating Laurentide Glacier sculpted the area about 15,000 years ago. Native Americans were attracted to these ponds, ... trails.com
Lincoln Conservation Land (Mount Misery), Lincoln, Massachusetts
The Mount Misery conservation land provides excellent views of the Sudbury River and Fairhaven Bay, while passing through a deeply shaded hemlock forest and a patch of open marsh. Wildlife flourishes along the river, and you ... trails.com
Wilson Mountain Reservation Trail, Dedham, Massachusetts
Enjoy a stroll to a hilltop overlook and explore trails adjacent to wetlands. Thanks are due to all the people who saved Wilson Mountain from development in 1994 and kept it natural. Just 10 miles from Boston, these 200 woode... trails.com
Mount Misery Loop, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Part of the Town of Lincoln?s Conservation Land right off Route 117, this trail connects with Walden Pond. It was also a familiar stomping ground for Henry David Thoreau. Contrary to its severe name, Mount Misery is more of a... trails.com
Long Point Lighthouse
Long Point, at the very fingertip of the curling arm of Cape Cod, was visited in 1620 by the Pilgrims after they entered Provincetown Harbor. A settlement began at Long Point in 1818, reaching its peak in the 1850s when a... waymarking.com
Lincoln Conservation Land (Sandy Pond) Trail, Lincoln,...
A scenic loop around Sandy Pond in the footsteps of Thoreau. The Sandy Pond Loop walk offers a long walk on level terrain through mixed woodlands. About twice the size of Walden Pond, Sandy Pond is a public drinking water res... trails.com