Comassakumkanut Preserve

The Comassakumkanut Preserve sits near Great Herring Pond in South Plymouth, one of the town's newer publicly accessible properties. A well-worn 0.8-mile trail winds through mixed upland forest before dropping into a genuinely unusual 40-foot-deep valley, where it joins Valley Road -- a historic cart path that once connected all the way to Bourne. The preserve takes its name from the Herring Pond Wampanoag, whose tribal website offers more on the history and meaning behind it.