Kapell Pinnacle Preserve

Named for its donor and for nearby Pinnacle Hill, Kapell Pinnacle Preserve is one of the Town's newest cranberry-bog restorations: the Department of Energy & Environment acquired roughly 51 acres here, about 15 of them former cranberry bog, taken out of agricultural production through the USDA's Wetlands Reserve Program. A $740,000 state Division of Ecological Restoration grant is funding the construction work -- removing old water gates, dikes, and channels to let the land return to a natural, wetter kettle-bog state, with new seeding, plantings, and a trail system planned. The property sits within the Zone II wellhead protection area for the Town's South Pond wells and abuts the federally designated Great Thicket area, land set aside for shrubland and young-forest wildlife habitat. Once complete, a wide, flat, grassy trail will circle the bogs with an in-and-out spur into a mature white pine forest.

Trail Notes

Official Town guide (V7, April 2026): Distance 1.5-2 miles, Duration ~1 hr, Activity Level easy. FLAG FOR JEN -- VERIFY BEFORE PUBLISHING: the Town's own project page shows this preserve was closed to public access starting the week of Feb 2, 2026 for restoration construction (culvert/water-control removal by contractor SumCo), originally estimated at 8-10 weeks (~early-to-mid April 2026). The April 2026 trail guide includes full visiting details as though it's open, which suggests it may have reopened, but I could not find an explicit reopening announcement as of this search. Check the Town's site (plymouth-ma.gov/1190/Project-Information) or their Instagram (@plymouthdnr) for current status before publishing this trail as open to visitors. Also note: horseback riding is explicitly NOT allowed here, per the Town's trail information page -- worth calling out since most other Plymouth preserves do allow it.