South Shore TrailsPape Reservation
Pape Reservation is a 10 acre piece of land located off 3A in Cohasset. The conservation area is accessible from the Cohasset Water Treatment Facility parking lot. This is a…
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Patuxet Park
This 24 acre property consists of a rolling pasture and wooded upland next. Located next to Smelt Brook and Foundry Pond in Kingston. This site was once a former working…
Pembroke High & Hobomock Elementary Trails
The wide, well-maintained trails at Pembroke High School and Hobomock Elementary extend for 3 miles through woods and wetlands, including a section of the Bay Circuit Trail and the cross-country…
Philip Clemons Conservation Area
The 26-acre Philip Clemons Conservation Area in Hanson offers a half-mile loop trail through woods and wetlands, with two stream crossings and distant views of Oldham Pond. The land was…
Phillips Farm Preserve
Philips Farm Preserve is a Wildlands Trust property located in Marshfield. The preserve is located in an area of Marshfield rich with conservation sites including some connected to Philips. The…
Phillips Sanctuary and Firehouse Loop
Phillips Sanctuary and Firehouse Loop offers a beautiful 55-acre glimpse of Hanover's earlier days, back when there were fewer houses and a lot more trees. A 1.6-mile network of loop…
Pine Island Trails
Pine Island Swamp is a small trail located off Old Farm Road in Hanover. Visitors can also access the Plain Street trails while they visit.
Plain Street Trails
Plain Street Trails is a trail located off Plain Street in Hanover. It is located is very close proximity to the Pine Swamp trail.
Plymouth River Complex
Plymouth River Complex is a large, multi-use Hingham property with about a mile of woodland trails, including a Storybook Walk, plus soccer and lacrosse fields, tennis courts, and a small…
Plymouth Town Forest
The 317-acre Plymouth Town Forest features four ponds and 2.5 miles of woodland trails, with parking off Long Pond Road. It is one of the larger, more varied trail networks…
Pond Meadow Park
Pond Meadow Park is a 320-acre property spanning Braintree and Weymouth, popular for jogging, biking, cross-country skiing, fishing, camping, and non-motorized boating. Two miles of paved trail circle the 20-acre…
Poor Meadow Brook Conservation Area
Poor Meadow Brook Conservation Area in Hanson features a 1-mile trail through woods and wetlands, split into two intersecting loops along Poor Meadow Brook and the Shumatuscacant River. There is…
Pratt Farm
Marshfield's Pratt Farm offers 34 acres of conservation land along both the South River and Zenas Brook. A half-mile of trails winds through the woods and wetlands here, crossing a…
Pudding Hill Reservation
Pudding Hill Reservation is located off Rt 123 in Pembroke near Marshfield Center. The site consists of two main pieces: field leading to a pond and short wooded trails. The…
Recreation Park Drive Trail
Hingham's Recreation Park Drive Trail is named for the street it sits on -- a short 0.42-mile loop through hardwood forest that connects Deerfield Road and Recreation Park Drive. There…
Rexhame Beach Trail
Rexhame Beach is a unique town trail - and perfect all year round. While our initial visit was in the blustery Winter months, the idea of taking a summer stroll…
REYNOLDS-MAXWELL GARDEN
Reynolds-Maxwell Garden sits on Washington Street near the Bluefish River bridge, a small but genuinely lovely spot to sit and watch the water. In the early-to-mid 1800s this area of…
Robert Hoffman Park
Robert Hoffman Park is a small neighborhood park on Broad Street in Weymouth, near the fire station. It is one of the town's quieter, more local green spaces rather than…
Rockland Town Forest
The 43-acre Rockland Town Forest -- also known as the George Anderson Town Forest -- features a well-maintained woodland trail network with numerous views of French's Stream, a headwater tributary…
Rocky Point Preserve
Plymouth's Rocky Point Preserve packs a lot into a short 0.4-mile trail, winding through forest and freshwater wetlands to a vista atop a high bluff overlooking the ocean. On a…
Rocky Run Conservation Area
The Rocky Run Conservation Area is a small but fascinating 19-acre property in Hanson, jointly owned by the town and the Plymouth County Conservation Commission, situated at the confluence of…
Round Pond Conservation Area + Cherry Lane Bogs
Round Pond is much more than just a pond -- the property's namesake is a 10,000-year-old kettle hole at its center, ringed by pine and oak woods with a number…
Rounseville II Preserve
This charming 0.9-mile loop trail at Raynor Gifford Park offers a quick nature escape perfect for families or a midday walk. The easy trail meanders through white pine and oak…
Russell & Sawmill Ponds Conservation Area
Russell and Sawmill Ponds Conservation Area in Plymouth centers on two connected ponds, with trails threading through the surrounding pine barrens and mixed forest. It is one of several Plymouth…
Russell Mill Pond Conservation Area
The Russell Mill Pond Conservation Area is a 150-acre Plymouth property along the east side of Russell Mill Pond, with 1.5 miles of trails through upland woods and along the…
Salt Marsh Trail at National Sailors Home Cemetery
The Salt Marsh Trail is a 0.6-mile walking loop through light forest and a grassy clearing, leading past a small US Navy cemetery -- the last remnant of the National…
Sampson Park & Faunce Memorial Forest
Sampson Park is a nearly 200 acre preserve in Kingston along the Jones River. There are three certified vernal pools in the park. During hunting season, walkers and dogs should…
Savery Avenue Conservation Area
Savery Avenue in Carver holds a genuine historical distinction -- it's believed to be the first divided highway built in the United States, presented to the public in 1861 by…
Scituate Town Forest
The Scituate Town Forest is an 18-acre pine forest on Route 3A in North Scituate, offering more than a mile of trails via a loop off two metal gate trailheads,…
Shifting Lots Preserve
Shifting Lots Preserve in Plymouth sits along Cape Cod Bay, near Ellisville Harbor State Park, with terrain that is generally flat but often loose and sandy -- come prepared with…
Shingle Mill Brook Trail
If you are in the mood for exploring a new corner of Hanover, the Shingle Mill Brook Trail is worth a look. It leads to a gorgeous grove of beech…
Silver Lake Sanctuary
The Silver Lake Sanctuary consists of 100 acres of land along the shores of Silver Lake. The property provides the only public access to Silver Lake in the town of…
Simon Hill and Bowker Street Conservation Area
As its name suggests, the terrain at Simon Hill and Bowker Street Conservation Area is hilly, and rocky in places, with an interesting footbridge built from a single large split…
Smith Beach, Watson Park + Fore River
Watson Park is a 22-acre riverside park on the Fore River in Braintree, with athletic fields, a playground, a seasonal splash pad, and access to Smith Beach and the mile-long…
Smith-Nawazelski Conservation Area
Smith-Nawazelski Conservation Area in Hanson is the point where the Bay Circuit Trail enters the South Shore from East Bridgewater, crossing Poor Meadow Brook. It is a working link in…
South Elementary School Nature Trail
This short, 0.25-mile loop trail behind South Elementary School winds downhill along a ridge, with a stream crossing and wetland views along the way. An additional trail extends westward from…