South Shore TrailsCornhill 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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Eel River Preserve
Eel River Preserve in Plymouth is the product of a genuinely impressive restoration effort by local, state, and federal agencies: 1.5 miles of the Eel River stream channel and 40…
Eel River Woods
Eel River Woods is a 12 acre conservation parcel located along Cushing Street in Hingham. The land is maintained by the Hingham Land Trust along with several other parcels in…
Eight Ponds Pass
Eight Ponds Pass is an ambitious yellow-blazed through-trail, envisioned to eventually run nearly 9 miles across Town conservation land, private parcels, Wildlands Trust property, and into Myles Standish State Forest,…
Ellis Baseball Fields
The primary feature of Hanover's Ellis Baseball Fields is, unsurprisingly, its four baseball fields, but there is also a short woodland trail tucked along the edge of the property. It…
Ellis Estate Trails
Scituate's 89-acre Ellis Estate features an extensive trail network through the woodlands surrounding the historic Bailey-Ellis House and Deke's Pond. Built in 1830 by John Wade Bailey and originally named…
Ellis Nature Sanctuary
Marshfield's Ellis Nature Sanctuary features 27 acres of conservation land with a half-mile trail around a former cranberry bog, with streams that flow into the South River. It is a…
Ellisville Harbor State Park
Ellisville Harbor State Park Trail is a trail located in Plymouth, Massachusetts that offers the chance to see wildlife and is good for all skill levels. The trail is primarily…
Emery Preserve East
Emery Preserve East is a long, narrow Plymouth property running roughly parallel to Ship Pond Road, with a footpath that crosses a slowly revegetating former gravel pit before climbing into…
Emery Preserve West + Six Ponds East Preserve
Emery Preserve West and Six Ponds East Preserve, adjoining Wildlands Trust properties in Plymouth, feature generally hilly terrain with some long, steep trail sections, though the ground stays mostly clear…
Faxon Park
Faxon Park sits on a hillside in Quincy, its paved roadway winding up to a rotary at the top with a nice view, plus several unpaved trails through oak, pine,…
Fee Pond
The 2.5-acre Fee Pond, in the Crow Point neighborhood of Hingham, offers a quiet spot for nature study and seasonal ice skating, with walking trails on two sides totaling about…
Ferry Hill Thicket
One of Marshfield's earliest conservation acquisitions, and also one of its smallest, Ferry Hill Thicket is a 6-acre parcel where birds often congregate, offering a half-mile walk through woodland and…
Fogg Forest and Carleton Property
Fogg Forest is a 40 acre piece of land located off Rt 123 in Norwell. The conservation area is very accessible even if the parking is a bit confusing. While…
