South Shore TrailsFrench’s Stream Trail
The French's Stream Trail at Forge Pond Park begins at Parking Lot E, deep in the paved portion of the park, and follows a gravel path down to the water…
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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…
Great Pond Trail
The Great Pond Trail in Weymouth extends for one quiet mile through the woods and along the shore of Great Pond, with lovely water views throughout. Trailheads are located at…
Hale Family Woodlands Nature Trail
Located on the grounds of the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, the Hale Family Woodlands Nature Trail is a 1-mile network of forest trails with interpretive signage, glacial erratic…
Hanover Public Launch and Mattakeeset Trail
There are three Hanover Conservation trailheads at this spot: two at Chapman's Landing and Iron Mine Brook, plus the short Mattakeeset Trail, which links over to Ludden's Ford Park. The…
Hanover Senior Center Trails
Accessible right from the Hanover Senior Center, this half-mile loop trail features boardwalks and old stone walls, plus access to Torrey Brook. It is part of a larger, roughly 3-mile…
Hanson Veterans Memorial Town Forest
Veterans Commemorative Town Forest is an 88 acre conservation property located in Pembroke. The 2.8 mile trail network is next to Silver Lake and the Pembroke Community Middle School.
Hartsuff Park Recreation Area
Hartsuff Park combines recreation and nature on one property, managed by the Rockland Youth Commission, with a playground, athletic fields, a resident-only swimming pond with a sandy beach, a 9-hole…
Hatch Lots Conservation Area
Hatch Lots is a great walk for families looking to spend 45 minutes in the woods. The conservation area is just under 50 acres with about 2 miles of trails.…
Herring Run Park
Herring Run Park in Pembroke is a large, grassy, town-owned park straddling both sides of Herring Brook off Barker Street. A well-placed bench sits right beside the brook close to…
Herring Run Recreation Area
Located on the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Herring Run Recreation Area is a great spot to walk, fish, bike, or just take in the view. The 1.4-mile Bournedale Hills…
Hingham Middle School Trails
This wooded property behind Hingham Middle School follows Accord Brook as it winds through the woods, with white and yellow birch and patches of moss marking the trail near Main…
Historic O’Neil Farm
Historic O'Neil Farm in Duxbury features more than 2 miles of trails through woods, wetlands, and pasture, with up-close views of the only working dairy farm left in town. The…
Historic Sylvester Field
Historic Sylvester Field features a half-mile trail along the edge of a large meadow, leading to a short loop and a scenic spot on Third Herring Brook, with an additional…
Hobart Pond + Little Comfort Park
Sometimes called "The Boulevard," the third-mile paved trail along Hobart Pond connects Essex Street to South Avenue, bordered by a cemetery and a mix of residential and industrial properties --…
Indian Brook Conservation Area + Manomet Recreation Area
Indian Brook Conservation Area is a sprawling 210-acre Plymouth property with about three-quarters of a mile of frontage along Indian Brook, encompassing the adjacent Manomet Recreation Area, home to four…
Indian Head River Fish Ladder
The Indian Head River Fish Ladder sits at Ludden's Ford Park, straddling the Pembroke and Hanover line. This large concrete structure helps migratory fish like herring and shad scale an…
Island Grove Park
Island Grove Park is Abington's "Crown Jewel" -- an 11-acre park wrapped on three sides by the 35-acre Island Grove Pond, created around 1700 by damming the Shumatuscacant River. Shaded…
Jack Medeiros Memorial Recreation Area
Jack Medeiros Memorial Recreation Area, formerly known as the West Plymouth Recreation Facility, combines a busy sports complex -- soccer and baseball fields, a modern playground with a rubber surface…
Jacobs Pond Conservation Area
The Jacobs Pond conservation area consists of about 260 acres of land in Norwell. The pond itself consists of about 60 acres of man-made pond and 200 acres of land.The…
Jose Carreiro Woodland
Marshfield's Jose Carreiro Woodland features 11 acres of conservation land with more than a mile of trails and nice views of the North River. It connects into the adjacent Two…
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…
Lake Holbrook
A short, pleasant trail extends about 0.1 mile along the shore of Lake Holbrook, through light woodland that's grassy in places, mossy in others, with the occasional bench offering a…
Lapham Woods
Lapham Woods is a 36-acre stretch of pine forest that the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society had the foresight to preserve in 1931 and 1952, protecting the scenic approach to…
Ludden’s Ford Park (Hanover)
Luddam's Ford Park is a trail located off Water Street in Hanover. It is connected to the Indian Head Trail. The combination of the two trail systems can be around…
Ludden’s Ford Park (Pembroke)
The Pembroke side of Ludden's Ford Park is 34 acres of open meadow and forested upland on West Elm Street, right on the banks of the Indian Head River. It…
Lyman Reserve
Lyman Reserve protects the mouth of Red Brook, a spring-fed, four-and-a-half-mile coastal stream running from White Island Pond to Buttermilk Bay. Red Brook is one of the few Massachusetts coastal…
Marchesiani Farmlands
Marchesiani Farmlands in Hingham features just over half a mile of trails through 25 acres of historic farmland and woods, with up-close views of Accord Brook. The land was part…
Marshfield Bridle Path and Rail Trail
The Marshfield Bridle Path and Rail Trail is one of the town's longer connected trail systems, running 3.5 miles as the Bridle Path and Rail Trail proper, plus another 2.5…
Masthead Drive Trail
Follow Norwell's Masthead Drive all the way to its end and park in the cul-de-sac; the trailhead is just behind the storm drain grate. From there, the trail winds through…
McKenna Marsh Conservation Area
McKenna Marsh is a 100+ acre open space in Hingham along Rt. 228. The land is rich with history and natural resources. Access to McKenna Marsh is provided through Marchesiani…
Merrymount Park
Merrymount Park is an 80-acre grassy hilltop park with ornamental plantings, bordered partly by oak, pine, and pitch pine forest, and directly abutting the salt marshes around Black's Creek, which…
Miller Woods
Miller Woods is a 46 acre piece of undeveloped land located near Norwell town center. The trail network consists of a great picnic area that is perfect for a couple…
Misty Meadows Conservation Area
Misty Meadows is a 153 acre parcel of land in Pembroke. The trail network abuts the Willowbrook Preserve maintained by the Wildlands Trust. The trail network is definitely not the…
Morton Park
Morton Park is Plymouth's largest park, roughly 200 acres of forest and shoreline wrapped around Little Pond (43 acres) and the northern edge of Billington Sea (269 acres), with 4…
Moswetuset Hummock
Moswetuset Hummock, in the Squantum section of Quincy, is a small but historically significant property with a 0.25-mile gravel woodland trail circling its perimeter, offering views of the Squantum Marshes…