Gifford Playground

The Richard E. Gifford Playground in Weymouth is a small playground with a baseball field, also known as Gifford Park, and it doubles as one of the trailheads for the 1.1-mile Great Pond Trail, which connects over to Negus Park. Nearby, at Tufts Library, you can see a circa-1500 B.C.E. dugout canoe that was discovered partially buried in the shoreline of Great Pond in 1965 -- a striking reminder of just how long this landscape has been in use.