South Shore TrailsSouth River Bog
South River Bog is a 100-acre Duxbury Conservation property, formerly known as Feinberg Bog, that was once a working cranberry operation. It has been dormant since the early 1900s and…
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South River Park
The 1.7-acre South River Park in Marshfield offers river views, benches, a short trail, a boardwalk, and a picnic area, along with a Veterans Honor Roll listing over 1,200 Marshfield…
South Shore Natural Science Center
The South Shore Natural Science Center sits on 30 acres in Norwell, with access to an additional 200 acres of conservation land around Jacobs Pond, and six interpretive nature trails…
South Triangle Pond Conservation Area
Wildlands Trust's 47-acre South Triangle Pond Conservation Area in Plymouth offers 2 miles of hilly woodland trails with water views, sitting immediately adjacent to the much larger Plymouth Town Forest.…
Stephen C.L. Delano Memorial Forest
This 110-acre preserve offers a peaceful 2-mile loop trail winding through white pine and oak woods along the Sippican River, with views of working cranberry bogs and woodland swamps. A…
Stetson Meadows
Stetson Meadows is a 184 acre conservation parcel in Norwell located along the North River. The area has a rich history dating back to 1634. Stetson Meadows is one of…
Stewart/Person Preserve
At Kingston's 27-acre Stewart/Person Preserve, a mile of woodland trails circles two former mill ponds. The dam that holds the pond in place is slated for eventual removal after a…
Stodder’s Neck
Stodder's Neck is a conservation parcel in Hingham along the Harbor. The conservation area is owned and maintained by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. Stodder's Neck was previously a…
Stone Farm Conservation Area
This 104-acre conservation area reopened to the public in October 2019 after Wildlands Trust spent 2018 restoring 2.5 miles of trails and installing new boardwalks and signage. The property sits…
Striar Conservancy
Striar Conservancy is a 168-acre Wildlands Trust preserve in Halifax on the northern bank of the Winnetuxet River, with a short (0.8-mile) hiking trail through numerous certified vernal pools and…
Summer Street Conservation Lands
Summer Street Conservation Lands is a 14-acre forest straddling Rockland and Hanover, with about a mile of trail connecting directly to the Old Rockland Fireworks Loop Trail and the French's…
Sumner Smith Overlook
Sumner Smith Overlook is a very small trail with an incredible view. Located on Cohasset Harbor, the overlook gives you a beautiful view of Cohasset and parts of Scituate. The…
Sunset Lake
Sunset Lake is a 57-acre lake and recreation area in Braintree, stocked each spring by the state with brown and rainbow trout. There's no dedicated trail here, but the grounds…
Teak Sherman Memorial Park & Community Garden
Scituate's Teak Sherman Memorial Park and Community Garden is a small park with old stone walls and a 0.12-mile trail through the woods, connecting the parking area on Route 3A…
Thaddeus Chandler Sanctuary
The 115-acre Thaddeus Chandler Sanctuary in Duxbury features 2.8 miles of trails through woods and wetlands bordering Pine Brook and Upper Chandler Pond. Named for a Civil War veteran who…
The Nook Preserve
The Nook Preserve is a 17.5-acre Wildlands Trust property close to the mouth of the tidal Jones River, in an area once favored by Native Americans for summer encampments and…
The Spit
This iconic 1.8-mile barrier beach walk features an elevated boardwalk extending through pristine salt marsh to a sandy spit at the mouth of the North River. A protected shorebird nesting…
Thompson Pond Trail
The Twin Ponds and Thompson Pond trails share a trailhead on Spruce Street at the Abington-Rockland line, developed by Wildlands Trust on land that once formed part of Naval Air…
Tidmarsh
Its previous owners, the Schulman Family, along with the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, and many other organizations, re-created nearly three and…
Tindale Bog
Tindale Bog is an 18-acre property with a small pond and an adjacent woodland trail network, bordering a Well Protection Zone. It links directly into the roughly 3-mile trail system…
Town Brook Trail + Patuxet Preserve
The Town Brook Trail is a 1.5-mile walking path through the heart of historic Plymouth, running from Billington Street down to the waterfront, linking together Town Brook Patuxet Preserve, Billington…
Triphammer Pond Conservation Area
Triphammer Pond Conservation Area consists of 98 acres and was acquired by Hingham in 1945. Although not well documented on maps, Triphammer is connected to the Wompatuck State Park trail…
Tubbs Meadow Conservation Area
Tubbs Meadow is a 106 acre conservation property located in Pembroke. The 2.7 mile trail network is surrounded by historic cranberry bogs. Similar to other restored cranberry bogs like Crowell…
Tucker Preserve
Pembroke's Tucker Preserve is a 78.6-acre Wildlands Trust property with a looping network of trails through the woods, crossing two streams and offering several captivating views of the Indian Head…
Turkey Hill
Turkey Hill is a 62 acre piece of land that is managed by the Trustees of the Reservation in partnership with the Towns of Cohasset and Hingham. Turkey Hill abuts…
Twin Ponds Trail
The Twin Ponds and Thompson Pond trails share a trailhead on Spruce Street at the Abington-Rockland line, developed by Wildlands Trust on land that once formed part of Naval Air…
Two Brooks Preserve
Two Brooks Preserve is a 135-acre property in Plympton with a 1-mile loop trail starting at the entrance kiosk -- the Sawmill Trail heads right and the Whetstone Trail heads…
Two Mile Farm
Two Mile Farm and Jose Carreiro Woods are two conservation sites directly next to each other in Marshfield off Union Street. While Two Mile Farm is a Trustees of the…
Union Point Northern Gateway Trail Network
The Union Point Northern Gateway Trail network offers two miles of trails through woodlands and meadows on the site of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station, with a mix…
Union Street Woodland
The 41-acre Union Street Woodland in Marshfield features a half-mile trail, with boardwalks, connecting to Nelson Memorial Forest, plus another trail linking over to Phillips Farm Preserve. Together these properties…
Valley Swamp Conservation Area
Norwell's Valley Swamp Conservation Area offers about 1.3 miles of woodland trails with views of freshwater swamps, including some of the headwaters for Third Herring Brook. There are two distinct…
Veterans Commemorative Town Forest
The 88-acre Veterans Commemorative Town Forest in Pembroke features about 3 miles of woodland trails on a hillside overlooking Silver Lake, with a section of the Bay Circuit Trail running…
Veterans’ Memorial Park
Veterans Memorial Park in Marshfield is a grassy property with a small pond, the South River flowing through it, a footbridge, a water wheel, paved walking paths, and a small…
Wadsworth Road Playground
Wadsworth Road Playground is a small park in a neighborhood setting in Duxbury, with an ADA-accessible playground, a baseball field, tennis courts, and a short nature trail. The playground was…
Webb Memorial State Park
Webb Memorial State Park is a peninsula that extends half a mile into Hingham Bay. Visitors are treated to scenic views of Boston's harbor and skyline, and groups can rent…
Webster-Billings Conservation Area
Bordered by residential areas off East Washington, State, and Brook Streets, Hanson's Webster-Billings Conservation Area features 62+ acres of woodlands with established trails. Indian Head Brook flows through the property…