South Shore TrailsChapman’s Landing and Iron Mine Brook Trails
Chapman's Landing was once the westernmost shipping point in the North River system, where the steamship Mattakeesett once delivered iron ingots for Hanover's forges. Today it is a lovely 50-acre…
All Trails
Clark Bog Trail
Clark Bog Trail has several access points -- you can walk in from King Street, or from Forge Pond Park's Parking Lot C, where there is a large green sign.…
Clear Pond Conservation Area
The Clear Pond Conservation Area is West Plymouth's only dedicated conservation property, roughly 12 acres of restored cranberry bog with a 0.6-mile circular trail that loops the bog and runs…
Coast Guard Hill
Formerly a Coast Guard communications center, Coast Guard Hill in Marshfield is now home to the Marshfield Recreation Department. The 40-acre property has a popular sledding hill, walking trails, volleyball,…
Colby-Phillips Trails
Hanover's Colby-Phillips Trails extend for 3 miles through a diverse and inviting 147-acre property, with boardwalks through woods and wetlands, a bridge over Cushing Brook, and an observation deck along…
Cole Conservation Land
Cole Conservation Land is a 242-acre woodland in Carver with more than 3 miles of well-marked trails, pond and wetland views, and a genuinely remarkable suspension bridge along the orange…
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…
Cornhill Woodland
Cornhill Woodlands is a 123 acre preserve located in Marshfield along Union Street. The parcel features a trail system that weaves through the forest and ultimately to a flat marsh…
Couch Beach
This was actually my second visit to Couch - but the first was a failure. I couldn't find the entrance. That might sound crazy but it was the truth. You…
Cow Tent Hill Preserve
Cow Tent Hill is a delicious bite-size bit of nature. I had not done much research before coming here while out on errands. I only knew that the trail entrance…
Cranberry Pond
Hingham's Cranberry Pond was once part of a working cranberry bog system, and today this small pond on French Street offers scenic water views along with 0.4 miles of woodland…
Cranberry Pond Conservation Area
Cranberry Pond Conservation Area is a 140-acre wooded property straddling the Braintree-Holbrook line, with 2 miles of trails and views of Cranberry Pond and Cranberry Brook. From the informational kiosk…
Cranberry Watershed Preserve
This 225 acre property abuts the Jones River and has three brooks that travel through it: Howards Brook, Pine Brook, and one unnamed brook. This large property area contributes greatly…
Crawley Woodlands Preserve
The Crawley Woodlands Preserve in Plymouth covers about 70 acres off Billington Street, sandwiched between two good fishing ponds: Lout Pond and Billington Sea. Steep rolling hills peak near the…
Crooked Meadow River Area
Crooked Meadow River Area is a small-but-mighty 0.6-acre conservation property in Hingham. The well-maintained Serenity Path leads past glacial erratic boulders and rocky outcroppings, offering distant views of Crooked Meadow…
Crooker Memorial Park and Island Creek Pond
Duxbury's Crocker Memorial Park is a small wooded property offering canoe and kayak access to Island Creek Pond, with seasonal ice skating in the winter. The 35-acre pond is one…
Crosbie Family Preserve & Appleton Field
Scituate's Crosbie Family Preserve and Appleton Field are adjacent properties with several intersecting loop trails through 49 acres of fields, woodlands, and wetlands, dotted with numerous old stone walls. The…
Crowell Conservation Area
Crowell Conservation area is located on Lincoln Street in Duxbury. The area is made up of primarily historic cranberry bogs and nearby ponds. The cranberry bogs were operating for 100…
Crystal Spring Preserve
Crystal Spring Preserve is a 36-acre property in Plainville, tucked just a quarter mile from the retail strip along Route 1 -- a genuinely unexpected patch of quiet given its…
Cuffee Hill & Black Pond Bog
The Cuffee conservation area is a really unique spot near the Norwell and Scituate town lines. Like many area trails, there are some beautiful stone walls the criss-cross the woods.…
Cushing Memorial State Park
The 4.8-acre Cushing Memorial State Park in Scituate features a short woodland trail leading to the burial site of US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Cushing, regarded by many as…
Cushman Preserve
Cushman Preserve is a Wildlands Trust property along the Blue Fish River in Duxbury. This property is a hidden gem that is only accessed along a private road to a…
Damon Preserve
The 37-acre Damon Preserve in Scituate features 1.2 miles of woodland trails, numerous stone walls, and glimpses of open fields, plus occasional glacial erratics, situated on the side of a…
Daniel Webster Estate
The Daniel Webster Estate was the country home of statesman Daniel Webster from 1832 until his death in 1852, and today the 14-acre grounds are open to the public with…
Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary
When I pulled into the Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary parking lot, I was one of two cars and knew that I pretty much had the place to myself. The sanctuary…
Darby Pond Well Water Protection Land
Darby Pond Well Water Protection Land and Parting Ways is really two adjoining Open Space parcels in West Plymouth, accessible off Plympton Road near the Kingston line. Parting Ways is…
David E. Alper Nature Preserve
The David E. Alper Nature Preserve is a 43.6-acre property at the end of Little Herring Pond Road, acquired by the Town in 2015, and it's the public's only access…
Davis-Douglas Farm
Davis-Douglas Farm, purchased in 2012 through community and public-private funding, serves as Wildlands Trust's Plymouth headquarters and a gateway into the wider Six Ponds conservation area. Trails from the farm…
Denham Pond
Denham Pond is a 1.2 mile trail off Circuit Street in Hanover. The trail is aptly named for a pond on site that weaves around the property.
Dixon Preserve at Hio Hill
Colloquially known as the Hio Hill Preserve, the Dixon Preserve at Hio Hill is a 116-acre Plymouth property backing up to another 73 acres of association-owned open space, offering good…
Donald Flaherty Trail
The Donald Flaherty Trail in Whitman is a 0.7-mile out-and-back path along an old cart-path embankment, with wetlands drained by Meadow Brook on either side and a scattering of old…
Donovan-Wildcat Conservation Area
The Donovan-Wildcat Conservation Area is rich with history. The conservation area is a 50-acre site that was part of a 1997 land acquisition by the town of Norwell. The conservation…
Driftway Conservation Park
Driftway Conservation Park is 334 acres of Scituate Conservation land with a panoramic view of the Herring River and its salt marshes. In the 1930s, Boston Sand and Gravel owned…
Duxbury Beach Park
Duxbury Beach Park is the town-managed entry point to the Duxbury Beach barrier system, sitting at the western end of the historic Powder Point Bridge, where the long sandy peninsula…
Duxbury Beach Reservation
Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc. is the nonprofit organization that owns the stretch of Duxbury Beach extending from Gurnet Road at its northern end down to the entrance of Gurnet Point…
Eaton’s Pond Conservation Area
Eaton's Pond Conservation Area is a 100-acre property with 2 miles of woodland trails circling a pond and winding through a former granite quarry, with views of Hayward Creek and…