Massachusetts - Walking, Hiking and Biking

Arcadia Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
127 Combs Road
Easthampton, MA
Phone: 413-584-3009

The nature center features 25 acres of varied terrain, with five miles of trails and an observation tower. The 700-acre sanctuary includes a floodplain forest, marshes, and a grassland habitat.

Bartholomew's Cobble
Ashley Falls, MA
Phone: 413-229-8600

This small park offers a unique natural setting and is home to more than 700 species of plants and birds. There are six miles of trails for hiking and nature observation.

Bartholomew’s Cobble
Weatogue Road
Sheffield, MA
Phone: 413-229-8600
Email: westregion@ttor.org

This National Natural Landmark is home over 800 species of plants, including one of North America's greatest diversities of fern species, as well as abundant wildflowers. The Reservation is named for two rocky knolls that rise above the Housatonic River, and the high point, Hurlburt's Hill, rises 1,000 feet to a twenty-acre field on the Massachusetts-Connecticut border that offers panoramic views northward up the Housatonic River Valley. Visitors will enjoy hiking this diverse woodland, and the many public programs that are presented throughout the year.

Bash Bish Falls State Park
Route 41
Mount Washington, MA
Phone: 413-528-0330

This small, undeveloped park offers fishing and scenic hiking trails, featuring an 80-foot waterfall. This park is within the Mount Washington State Forest.

Bear Swamp
Hawley Road
Ashfield, MA
Phone: 413-684-0148
Email: westregion@ttor.org

Visitors to Bear Swamp can explore three miles of trails that lead past an old beaver dam resting atop an old stone milldam, a variety of ferns and woodland wildflowers, and scenic vistas that offer views of nearby apple orchards and the Green Mountains of Vermont beyond. Bear Swamp also features excellent bird watching and picnic tables at the Apple Valley Overlook.

Beartown State Forest
69 Bluehill Road
Monterey, MA  01245  
Phone: 413-528-0904

More than 10,000 acres of woodlands, featuring fishing, swimming, and picnic areas, in addition to hiking and cross-country ski trails. A public campground also is available.

Berkshire Botanical Garden
Routes 102 and 183
Stockbridge, MA  01262  
Phone: 413-298-3926

The Berkshires most floral spot offers 15 acres of flora and a woodland trail. There also are greenhouses, a herb garden and a pond.

Chapelbrook
Williamsburg Road
Ashfield, MA
Phone: 413-684-0148
Email: westregion@ttor.org

At the core of Chapelbrook is Pony Mountain, whose nearly vertical 100-foot rock face offers a challenge to very skilled, technical rock climbers. A gentle, half-mile trail leads around the western side of Pony Mountain to its summit, offering unobstructed views south toward the Berkshire foothills. Chapelbrook is also popular for its sometimes-torrential Chapel Falls. The steady trickle of Chapel Brook becomes a deluge in spring, but in summer, the pools that form under the falls offer a cool, welcome dip.

Chester-Blandford State Forest
Route 20
Chester, MA
Phone: 413-354-6347

This state forest sits on more than 2,000 acres, and features fishing, picnicking, and a waterfall, in addition to trails for cross-country skiing and hiking. Public campgrounds are available.

Chesterfield Gorge
River Road
West Chesterfield, MA
Phone: 413-684-0148
Email: westregion@ttor.org

Visitors to Chesterfield Gorge will enjoy a half-mile trail along cliff tops that offer views of the seventy-foot-high walls of the gorge, the Westfield River, and the surrounding forest, home to bears, bobcats, and turkeys. Stone abutments of a ca.1770 bridge that spanned the river are all that remain of former post road between Boston and Albany, NY. During the Revolutionary War, redcoats marched over this bridge toward Boston following their defeat at Saratoga, NY. Chesterfield Gorge is also the entrance to an extensive natural recreation area along the Westfield River that features catch-and-release fly-fishing and access to a mountain bike corridor.

Chicopee Memorial State Park
Burnett Road
Chicopee, MA
Phone: 413-594-9416

Visitors will enjoy fishing and swimming areas, park biking, and cross-country skiing. Site was formerly known as the Cooley Brook Reservoir and Watershed.

Clarksburg State Park
Middle Road
Clarksburg, MA
Phone: 413-664-8345

Park has areas for canoeing, swimming, fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing, and public camping.

D.A.R. State Forest
Route 112
Goshen, MA  01032  
Phone: 413-268-7098

This forest offers swimming, canoeing, and fishing areas. Trails for hiking and cross-country skiing are available. There is a public campground and regularly scheduled visitor programs are offered. Wheelchair-accessible campsites available.

Dinosaur Footprints
Route 5
Holyoke, MA
Phone: 413-684-0148
Email: westregion@ttor.org

Preserved in sandstone slabs along the bank of the Connecticut River are 134 separate dinosaur footprints from three related dinosaurs - the largest from Eubrontes giganteus, the intermediate from Anchisauripus sillimani, and the smallest from Grallator cuneatus. Since the 1860s, the Connecticut River Valley has been noted for its abundance of paleontological specimens, especially dinosaur tracks. Approximately 190 million years ago, two-legged carnivorous dinosaurs crossed these lands leaving behind footprints in mudflats. Water filled the footprints instead of washing them away, so they were preserved in the earth until ice, water, and wind eroded and exposed them many years later.

Dry Hill
Harmon Road
New Marlborough, MA
Phone: 413-298-3239
Email: westregion@ttor.org

Dry Hill, so named because of the lack of water on its ridgeline, is home to deep woodland wildlife, such as bobcats, fishers, and coyotes, as well as many bird species. A 1 ½ mile trail follows an old woods road before becoming a narrow footpath that ascends the ridge. Higher up, the hillside is covered in mountain laurel, which blooms profusely in mid-June. The trail ends at the reservation's highest point - a stark white quartzite promontory that offers sweeping views south and southwest across the Berkshire Hills to Connecticut and New York.

Erving State Forest
Route 2A
Erving, MA
Phone: 978-544-3939

Forest has swimming, canoeing, fishing, motorboating, and picnic areas. There are hiking and cross-country ski trails. Public campgrounds and scheduled programs are offered for visitors.

Field Farm
Sloan Road
Williamstown, MA
Phone: 413-458-3144
Email: westregion@ttor.org

Field Farm’s over four miles of trails offer excellent hiking, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing opportunities in the shadow of Mount Greylock, Massachusetts’ highest peak. A center of agriculture since at least 1750, Field Farm also features a modernist house now utilized as a bed and breakfast (The Guest House at Field Farm), and the 1965 Ulrich Franzen designed “Folly” – a pinwheel shaped guest house open for tours during the summer.

Glendale Falls
Clark Wright Road
Middlefield, MA
Phone: 413-684-0148
Email: westregion@ttor.org

Fed by more than five square miles of watershed, Glendale Falls is one of the longest and most powerful waterfall runs in Massachusetts. In spring, the waters of Glendale Brook roar over rock ledges more than 150 feet high before joining the Westfield River. A quarter-mile trail leads to bottom of the falls for viewing. The Reservation was once part of the historic 18th-century Glendale Farm, which operated a gristmill whose foundation can be explored in the woods just north of the falls.

Granville State Forest
323 West Hartland Road
Granville, MA  01034  
Phone: 413-357-6611

This 2,397-acre forest along the Hubbard River has facilities for fishing, cross-country skiing, hiking, swimming, and picnicking. A public campground is available.

Hitchcock Center for the Environment
525 South Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA
Phone: 413-256-6006

Exhibits, programs and nature trails focus on the environment, ecology and natural history. There is also a library on the property.

Holyoke Range State Park
Route 116
Amherst, MA
Phone: 413-586-0350

This state park features hiking and cross-country trails, picnic areas, and year-round special programs. A visitors’ center with full facilities also is available.

Jug End State Reservation
Jug End Road
Egremont, MA
Phone: 413-528-0330

This 1,158-acre wildlife management area has trails for hiking and cross-country skiing. The park features eight miles of the Appalachian Trail. The site also is used for environmental research.

Kenneth Dubuque Memorial State Forest
Route 8A
Hawley, MA  01339  
Phone: 508-339-5504

This 7,882-acre forest features programs for visitors, in addition to fishing, swimming, and picnic areas. There are snowmobiling, horse, hiking, and cross-country ski trails. A public campground is available.

Laughing Brook Education Center and Sanctuary
793 Main Street
Hampden, MA
Phone: 413-566-8034

An 18th century house owned by children’s author Thornton Burgess highlights the 354 acres of walking trails and natural beauty. A library and exhibits offered.

McLennan Reservation
Fern Road
Tyringham, MA
Phone: 413-298-3239
Email: westregion@ttor.org

From the entrance of the McLennan Reservation, a 1.5-mile trail follows the graceful rises and dips of this densely forested landscape before reaching the high plateau where Hale Swamp (created when beavers dammed Camp Brook long ago) is located. Round Mountain and its neighbor, Long Mountain, form the backdrop for the reservation, which was once part of the Ashintully estate, whose gardens are located at the southern end of the valley.

Mohawk Trail State Forest
Route 2
Charlemont, MA  01339  
Phone: 413-339-5504

This 2,397-acre forest along the Hubbard River has facilities for fishing, cross-country skiing, hiking, swimming, and picnicking. A public campground is available.

Monroe State Forest
Tilda Hill Road
Monroe, MA
Phone: 413-339-5504

This park is ideal for fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing. The park is known for its scenic beauty. A public campground is available.

Monument Mountain
Route 7
Great Barrington, MA
Phone: 413-298-3239
Email: westregion@ttor.org

For almost two centuries, Monument Mountain has been a source of inspiration to poets, novelists, and painters. The summit offers panoramic views of Southern Berkshire County, and three miles of trails lead through a white pine and oak forest. During William Cullen Bryant's stay in Great Barrington, he penned the lyrical poem "Monument Mountain," and on August 5, 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville enjoyed a well-chronicled picnic hike up Monument Mountain. A thunderstorm forced them to seek refuge in a cave where a vigorous discussion ensued, inspiring ideas for Melville's new book, Moby Dick.

Mount Everett State Reservation
East Street
Mount Washington, MA
Phone: 413-528-0330

Enjoy canoeing, fishing, hiking, cross-country ski trails, and picnic areas. The park offers breathtaking views and is adjacent to the Appalachian Trail.

Mount Grace State Forest
Winchester Road
Warwick, MA
Phone: 978-544-3939

Mt. Grace is the second highest peak in Massachusetts. There are hiking, cross-country skiing, and horseback riding trails. Picnic areas also are available.

Mount Greylock State Reservation
Rockwell Road
Lanesborough, MA
Phone: 413-499-4262

The oldest state park, Mt. Greylock is the highest peak in Massachusetts. It offers a visitors' center, programs, hiking, cross-country ski trails, and a public campground.

Mount Sugarloaf State Reservation
Route 116
South Deerfield, MA
Phone: 413-545-5993

With two peaks, this site offers great views of the surrounding countryside. It features hiking trails and scenic picnic spots. South peak accessible by automobile.

Mount Tom State Reservation
Reservation Road
Holyoke, MA
Phone: 413-534-1186

Mt. Tom offers canoeing, fishing, hiking, and picnic areas in the summertime, and cross-country skiing in the winter. There also is a children’s play area.

Mount Washington State Forest
East Street
Mount Washington, MA
Phone: 413-528-0330

This forest features fishing and picnic areas, and cross-country and hiking trails. There is a public campground. Bash Bish Falls part of the forest.

Mountain Meadow Preserve
Mason Street
Williamstown, MA
Phone: 413-458-3144
Email: westregion@ttor.org

Mountain Meadow Preserve protects forest, fields, and wetlands along the Massachusetts-Vermont border that are home to bears, coyotes, bobcats, fox, and deer as well as butterflies, wetland amphibians, and numerous small mammals and reptiles. One trail encircles and cuts through a spectacular upland wildflower meadow. A second loop trail enters the woodland, where it leads up a hill to a summit with views of Mount Greylock and the Taconic Range.

Natural Bridge State Park
Route 8
North Adams, MA
Phone: 413-663-8469

The focal point of this park is a natural bridge, but visitors also can enjoy swimming, hiking, fishing, and cross-country skiing. Special events are scheduled, call for more information.

Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary
Peck Road
Wales, MA
Phone: 413-267-9654

There are guided spring wildflower walks at this 3,000-acre site, which features three miles of nature trails and two museums.

Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center
Northfield, MA
Phone: 413-659-3714

Visitors can enjoy 25 miles of trails, which offer great views of blooming wildflowers in the spring, and fall foliage in the autumn. Of particular interest is the hydroelectric station.

Norwottuck Rail Trail
Begins at Elwell State Park, Damon Road
Northampton, MA
Phone: 413 586-8706 ext. 12

This 8.5-mile trail runs from Northampton, through Hadley and into Amherst along the old Boston & Main Railroad line. Bicycle and wheelchair hand-cycles rentals are available.

October Mountain State Forest
Woodland Road
Lee, MA
Phone: 413-243-1778

The largest state forest in Massachusetts is more than 16,000 acres. It offers visitors canoeing, fishing, hiking, cross-country skiing, and a public campground with wheelchair accessible sites.

Petticoat Hill
Petticoat Hill Road
Williamsburg, MA
Phone: 413-684-0148
Email: westregion@ttor.org

The focal point of this park is a natural bridge, but visitors can also enjoy swimming, hiking, fishing, and cross-country skiing. Special events are scheduled.

Pittsfield State Forest
Cascade Street
Pittsfield, MA
Phone: 413-442-8992

A wheelchair-accessible trail highlights this 10,000-acre forest that features swimming, canoeing, fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing. Programs scheduled year-round. Two public campgrounds/picnic areas are available.

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
West Mountain Road
Lenox, MA
Phone: 413-637-0320

Visitors will enjoy seven miles of walking trails covering nearly 1,400 acres. Public programs are offered. Open year-round.

Quabbin Reservoir
Route 9
Belchertown, MA
Phone: 413-323-7221

This man-made reservoir offers terrific spots for bird watching (including eagles), an observation tower, and hiking trails. There are 17 species of sport fish, including trout, in the reservoir.

Questing
New Marlborough Hill Road
New Marlborough, MA
Phone: 413-298-3239
Email: westregion@ttor.org

Questing features two miles of trails perfect for hiking or cross-country skiing, extensive tracts of hardwood forest, and a seventeen-acre field of native meadow wildflowers that attracts a variety of dragonflies and butterflies. Cellar holes and stone walls, tell the story of the 200-year-old settlement known as Leffingwell, where the first non-Native American children were born in Berkshire County. This settlement was abandoned in the late nineteenth century as farmers migrated to the Midwest.

Robinson State Park
North Street
Agawam, MA
Phone: 413-786-2877

This 811-acre site offers bike trails, fishing, swimming, picnic areas, hiking, and cross-country skiing. This urban park features a small logging demonstration area.

Sandisfield State Forest
York Lake Street
Sandisfield, MA
Phone: 413-258-4774

This 7,785-acre forest offers fishing areas, canoeing, swimming, and picnic areas. There are trails for hiking and cross-country skiing. York Lake has a 300-foot sandy beach.

Savoy Mountain State Forest
Central Shraft Road
Florida, MA
Phone: 413-663-8469

This forest offers a variety of activities, including swimming, canoeing, motor boating, fishing, hiking, and cross-country skiing. A public campground in an apple orchard is available.

Skinner State Park
Route 41
Hadley, MA
Phone: 413-586-0350

This park features 10 miles of trails, which allow visitors to climb Mt. Holyoke and the Holyoke Range. Offers great view of the Connecticut River Valley.

Tolland State Forest
Route 8
East Otis, MA
Phone: 413-269-6002

This 4,893-acre state forest offers camping, fishing, motor boating (with boat ramp), swimming, hiking, and cross-country ski trails. In season hunting is permitted.

Tyringham Cobble
Jerusalem Road
Tyringham, MA
Phone: 413-298-3239
Email: westregion@ttor.org

Visitors to Tyringham Cobble can hike two miles of trails, a section of which is a link in the Appalachian Trail, that pass over the twin knobs of the Cobble offering spectacular views of Tyringham Valley. Small trees and shrubs have taken root among dramatic rock outcrops and glacial boulders, and wildflowers, blackberries, blueberries, and wild strawberries grow in clearings and open meadows. The Cobble was used as pastureland for a Shaker community in the late eighteenth century, but today provides excellent opportunities for bird watching, picnicking, and cross-country skiing.

Wahconah State Park
Route 9/8A
Dalton, MA
Phone: 413-442-8992

A small park with areas for fishing and picnicking. There are hiking trails along Wahconah Brook leading to a scenic view of Wahconah Falls.

Wendell State Park
Montague Road
Wendell, MA
Phone: 413-659-3797

Fishing, canoeing, swimming, and picnic areas are features of this 7,566-acre forest. In season, trails are open for hiking and cross-country skiing.

Windsor State Forest
River Road
Windsor, MA
Phone: 413-663-8469

Visitors to this forest will enjoy swimming, fishing, and canoeing. Trails for hiking and cross-country skiing are available, in addition to a public campground. Hunters and snowmobilers are welcome.

Blue Hills Trailside Museum
1904 Canton Avenue
Milton, MA
Phone: 617-333-0690

Museum offers hiking trails, live animals and regularly scheduled programs. There is an admission charge.

Governor Hutchinson’s Field
Adams Street
Milton, MA  02186  
Phone: 781-821-2977
Email: seregion@ttor.org

Named for Governor Thomas Hutchinson, the last Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, this hilltop meadow offers views of the Neponset River, its tidal salt marshes, the Boston skyline, and the Boston Harbor Islands. Hutchison’s over royalist leanings made him the object of public ridicule in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War, and in 1743 he built for his family a modest country estate on Milton Hill to escape the city. All that remains of the estate today is the field and a "ha-ha" which formed the western boundary of the formal garden.

Hammond Pond Reservation
Hammond Pond Parkway
Newton, MA
Phone: 617-698-1802

Visitors to this small nature preserve can enjoy fishing, hiking and biking trails, and picnic areas.

Black Heritage Trail
46 Joy Street
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-725-0022

Beginning at the African Meeting House on Smith Court, this walking tour follows the history of the African-American community in 19th century Boston. Many of the sites are open to the public and are listed separately under the Historic Sites section. The the walk includes the following: The African Meeting House (1806), Smith Court, the Abiel Smith School (1834), the George Middleton House (1797), 54th Regiment Memorial on Boston Common, Phillips School, the John J. Smith House, the Lewis and Harriet Hayden House, and Coburn's Gaming House (1844).

Boston by Sea: A Seafaring Adventure Through Boston's Past
Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-542-8000

Cruise the Harbor aboard Mass Bay lines as live actors bring the history of Boston and its Harbor to life through authentic maritime music, original skits, and fascinating true stories. Learn about the Boston Tea Party, "Old Ironsides," pirates, and more. Tours depart from Rowes Wharf.

Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area
Boston, MA  02110
Phone: 617-223-8666
Email: Boha_information@nps.gov

Come enjoy Boston's newest national park. The Harbor Islands offer a quiet place to relax, explore, camp, swim, or picnic. Boat-based Discovery Cruises operate Wednesday-Friday at noon, and tours to Boston Light ("The ultimate Lighthouse experience," according to the Boston Globe) operate Thursday-Sunday. Ranger-led activities and special events are offered on many islands for a variety of audiences. Not only are these islands a source of natural beauty and wonder--they're also rich in history and legends, with tales of pirates, shipwrecks, wars, abandoned prisons, and even ghosts! It's all right in Boston Harbor and accessible by boat or ferry from Long Wharf downtown or the South Shore... so near, and yet so far away!

Boston Women's Heritage Trail
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-522-2872

This walk honors some of the city's most prominent women, encompassing Beacon Hill, the North End, Chinatown, and downtown Boston. Maps for this walk are available at Boston Common.

Castle Island Park
Day Boulevard
South Boston, MA
Phone: 617-727-5250

Fort Independence, built between 1834 and 1851, is the dominating feature of this historic site, surrounded by a small park with fishing and swimming areas, and bike trails.

Charles River Reservation
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-698-1802

This natural refuge offers canoeing, hiking, fishing, cross-country skiing, and more. Interpretive programs are scheduled there throughout the year.

Chase Woodlands
Farm Road
Dover, MA  02492  
Phone: 508-785-0339
Email: seregion@ttor.org

Chase Woodlands’ 2-½ mile network of gently sloping paths wind through peaceful groves of white pine, beech, hemlock, and yellow birch. As in most of Massachusetts, this woodland consists of second- and third-growth trees, the original virgin forests having been felled to clear land for agriculture in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Picturesque stone walls traverse the woods, marking former farm fields from the property’s agricultural past.

Fork Factory Brook
Hartford Street
Medfield, MA  02052  
Phone: 508-785-0339
Email: seregion@ttor.org

Fork Factory Brook’s easy network of trails track the edges of lovely hay fields and meander through wooded upland offering views of surrounding forested wetlands and the remains of a 19th-century pitchfork mill. For a brief time after the Civil War, owners used the mill for a paper cutting enterprise, but it fell into disuse with the advent of coal-power. When Main Street was widened in 1927, the mill was dismantled and the granite reused to construct a house on Foundry Street. Much of the mill site now sits under Route 109, and all that remains is its broad earthen dam and stone raceway.

Freedom Trail Foundation
99 Chauncy Street
Boston, MA  02111  
Phone: 617-357-8300
Fax: 617-357-8303
Email: tavia@thefreedomtrail.org

The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile walking trail through Boston that connects 16 of the country's most important historical sites linked to the American Revolution. Lively and informative costumed characters travel the Trail during the summer. These characters are fun and engaging for children of all ages (from 5 to 75!) and act as ambassadors to the era of America's founding and the birth of our country's freedom. Tours: June 29-September 1; Saturdays and Sundays 11am & 1pm. Tours last 90 minutes and begin at the Boston Common Visitor Center. $12 Adults, $6 Children. Call for tickets and information.

Harborwalk
Boston, MA
Phone: 850-337-8250

A self-guided walk that traces the history of the Boston waterfront. The tour begins at the Old State House, brochures are available at the National Park Service Visitor's Center on State Street.

Hopkinton State Park
Route 85
Hopkinton, MA  01748  
Phone: 508-435-4303

This state park offers hiking and cross-country ski trails, in addition to canoeing, boating, fishing, and swimming. Activities on the 1,450 acres here include bicycling, non-motorized boating, and horseback riding.

Innovation Odyssey Tour
28 State Street
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-350-0358

Visit the people and places behind Boston's great inventions. An actor/tour guide brings Boston innovations - from the telephone to the Internet - to life on this cutting-edge, two-hour tour of Boston and Cambridge. Sites include Harvard, MIT, and the Ether Dome at Mass General Hospital. Imagine a world without computers, telephones, or anesthesia. Tours depart from 28 State Street, every Saturday at 2:00 pm. A shuttle from the Museum of Science departs at 1:40 pm.

Literary Trail of Greater Boston
Omni Parker House
Boston, MA
Phone: 617-350-0358

A tour for everyone who loves history, good books, and beautiful settings. Discover the homes, gathering places, and landscapes of America's most beloved authors on a guided tour, or on your own with the Self-Guided Tour Package. Travel from Boston to Cambridge and Concord and visit sites such as Walden Pond, Longfellow House, Concord Museum, and Orchard House. Tours depart from the Omni Parker House the second Saturday of the month, beginning August.

Malcolm Preserve
Stearns Street
Carlisle, MA  01741  
Phone: 978-840-4446
Email: central@ttor.org

The Malcolm Preserve provides a northern gateway to some 1,300 acres of conservation land. A short hiking trail connects the Malcolm Preserve with Two Rod Road, which leads through historic Estabrook Woods. The land comprising the Malcolm Preserve and the adjacent Malcolm Meadows development was once part of a 38-acre farm which raised fruit crops, including raspberries, strawberries, apples, peaches, and pears, as well as vegetables and cut flowers for local markets.

Medfield Rhododendrons
Woodridge Street
Medfield, MA  02052  
Phone: 508-785-0339
Email: seregion@ttor.org

Home to important and rare stand of Rhododendron maximum, the great laurel or rosebay rhododendron, one of only three species of evergreen rhododendrons native to eastern North America. Though listed today as a "threatened" species, rosebay rhododendrons were once more common in Massachusetts; approximately half of the historical populations in Massachusetts have been lost. Currently, there are seven known populations, and the Medfield Rhododendrons colony represents the largest and easternmost population in Massachusetts.

Noanet Woodlands
Dedham Street
Dover, MA  02030  
Phone: 781-821-2977
Email: seregion@ttor.org

Named after a chief of the Natick Indians, Noanet Woodlands features 17 miles of shady trails and wooded roads ideal for walking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and horseback riding, and a hike up Noanet Peak rewards visitors with a view of Boston's skyline above the forest canopy. In the early nineteenth century, Noanet Brook was home to a large rolling and slitting mill that made barrel hoops, wheel rims, nail plates, and nail rods from forged iron. Today the mill's twenty-four-foot-high dam and twenty-foot-deep wheel pit are preserved, but visitors will have to imagine the towering thirty-six-foot wheel that powered the mill.

Noon Hill
Noon Hill Road
Medfield, MA  02052  
Phone: 508-785-0339
Email: seregion@ttor.org

The midday sun passes over the ridge of Noon Hill, giving the Reservation its name. Follow the trail leading to the 370-foot peak, and enjoy sweeping views south across the rolling hills of Walpole and Norfolk. Noon Hill’s 4 ½ miles of trails along forested ridges and slopes feature pine, beech, birch, and hemlock, offer glimpses of turn of the century low stone walls, and in spring, the forest floor is scattered with wildflowers. Picturesque Holt Pond was created around 1764, when Sawmill Brook was dammed to create a mill pond.

Rocky Woods
Hartford Street
Medfield, MA  02052  
Phone: 508-785-0339
Email: seregion@ttor.org

Just 30 minutes from downtown Boston, Rocky Woods features over six miles of former woods roads and footpaths rambling through rolling hills of white pine and red oak. Explorers of the four ponds on the reservation may find bullfrogs and painted turtles, and visitors can enjoy catch-and-release fishing from these shores. Recent landscape renovations have created a scenic meadow, grassy common areas, sandy shorelines, and plantings of ornamental shrubs. Restrooms, picnic tables and a pavilion are onsite, and future plans include creating a visitor center and improved children's play area.

Shattuck Reservation
Causeway Street
Medfield, MA  02052  
Phone: 508-785-0339
Email: seregion@ttor.org

Across the street from Noon Hill, Shattuck Reservation comprises a forested upland neck of oak and pine overlooking a wet meadow and red maple swamp. Visitors can enjoy hiking, horseback riding and bird watching. A 1.5 mile loop trail leads from the neck across wetlands to two islands that offer views of the Charles River, and the reservation's old stone walls indicate that it was once nineteenth-century pasture.

Stony Brook Nature Center
North Street
Norfolk, MA
Phone: 508-528-3140

This nature center includes a self-guided hiking trail. An extensive boardwalk system helps visitors explore Teal Marsh and its wildlife.

Stony Brook Reservation
Turtle Pond Parkway
Hyde Park, MA
Phone: 617-361-6141

Sunfish and Perch await anglers in Turtle Pond at this 475-acre park and wildlife refuge, featuring fishing areas, biking and hiking trails, public swimming, and picnic areas. Programs are scheduled throughout the year.

Weir River Farm
Turkey Hill Lane
Hingham, MA
Phone: 781-740-7233
Email: seregion@ttor.org

Originally part of a picturesque, early-twentieth-century country estate, Weir River Farm encompasses 75 acres of fields and pastures, woodlands, and a complex of farm and estate buildings, including barns and a carriage house. On a clear day, visitors can view Boston Harbor and the North Shore from the top of Turkey Hill. The farm is being managed to preserve its historic pastoral character, and offers public programs throughout the year, as well as opportunities for hiking, bird watching and picnicking.

Whitney & Thayer Woods
Route 3A
Cohasset & Hingham, MA
Phone: 781-740-7233
Email: seregion@ttor.org

The ten miles of trails at Whitney & Thayer Woods include a memorial walk through a lovely stand of flowering shrubs, Ode's Den, (named after Theodore "Ode" Pritchard, who lived under one of the boulders after losing his home in 1830), and