South Shore TrailsFolly Hill and Bog Iron Trails
Once cranberry bogs, the Folly Hill and Bog Iron Trails now traverse a quiet expanse of woods and wetlands, with Iron Mine Brook flowing through on its way to the…
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Foothills Preserve
Completed in spring 2021, Foothills Preserve is a 126-acre former cranberry bog directly across from Mass Audubon's Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, restored by tearing out the old bog infrastructure and letting…
Forge Pond Park
Forge Pond Park in Hanover, established in 2014, is a well-designed 40-acre athletic complex that hides a network of five intersecting woodland trails along its boundaries and beyond. The Forge…
Foundry Pond
Foundry Pond formed in the late 1700s when the Weir River was dammed, and the 32-acre property today centers on a small pond, a marsh, and an abandoned quarry at…
French’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…
Furnace Brook Watershed Conservation Area
Marshfield's first major conservation acquisition is also one of its least-known. Furnace Brook runs through these 287 forested acres, tucked between Forest, Pine, School, and Main Streets, with trailheads on…
George Washington Forest
George Washington Forest, also known as the Hingham Town Forest, offers 197.6 acres of wooden open space featuring conifer groves, winding eskers, and fern carpeted swales not found elsewhere in…
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 Brewster Woods & Dean’s Meadow
Great Brewster Trail is a hidden gem located right near Cohasset Center. The trail entrance is perhaps a bit concealed which is why I have overlooked the signs for years.…
Green’s Harbor Path and Kettle Hole Loop
Green's Harbor Path and Kettle Hole Loop combine for two miles of woodland trails in Duxbury, incorporating a genuine pre-Colonial path that once connected Marshfield and Duxbury settlers traveling to…
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…
Halfway Pond Conservation Area
Halfway Pond Conservation Area, a Wildlands Trust property in Plymouth, is often called the eye of Plymouth County, with an extensive network of well-marked trails winding past Big Point, Gallows…
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.
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.…
Hathaway Preserve
Kingston's 77-acre Hathaway Preserve features 2 miles of established trails along Spring Brook and the Jones River, with four bridges and a boardwalk, and a section of the Bay Circuit…
Hedges Pond Recreation Area & Preserve
Hedges Pond Recreation Area and Preserve in Plymouth offers hiking trails through old-growth forest circling the pond, with several spots descending to the water's edge and a main beach with…
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…
Higgins-MacAllister Preserve
The Higgins-MacAllister Preserve in Scituate features a 1.2-mile loop trail, crossing a large wooden bridge and then winding through woods and wetlands with views of Merritt Brook, a tributary to…
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 --…
Holbrook Town Forest
Holbrook Town Forest is a 115-acre property in northeastern Holbrook with 3 miles of well-marked trails through woodlands and forested wetlands, plus views of Hemlock Brook, numerous glacial erratic boulders,…
Holmes Reservation
Just outside downtown Plymouth, Holmes Reservation is a 26-acre stretch of open, sloping field managed by The Trustees of Reservations, with sweeping views across the harbor the Pilgrims entered more…
House Rock Park
House Rock Park in Weymouth is a 24-acre property built around one very large glacial erratic boulder, House Rock, considered one of the largest freestanding boulders in New England. Likely…
Hoyt-Hall Preserve
Hoyt-Hall is a relatively brand new site on the South Shore for the Wildlands Trust. It's hard to follow the history of the land acquisitions but it took several years…
Hubbell Preserve
The Hubbell Trail is located on about 40 acres of land in the North Scituate area of Scituate. While this area is well known for marsh and ocean views, the…
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 Crossway Conservation Area
Indian Crossway Conservation Area in Hanson follows an ancient trail that the Mattakeeset used to travel between the North River and Taunton River watersheds, extending through the woods to the…
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…
Indian Head River Trails
The Indian Head River Trails is a linear property owned by Hanover Conservation, with trails that extend for two miles along the banks of the Indian Head River in South…
Ingram Park
Ingram Park in Cohasset is a trail system on just under 30 acres of historic farm land. The land is protected and managed by the Cohasset Conservation Trust which purchased…
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…