Salt Marsh Trail at National Sailors Home Cemetery

Salt Marsh Trail at National Sailors Home Cemetery is a 5 acre property with natural wetland habitats. The 0. 6 mile trail is perfect for hiking. 6-mile walking loop through light forest and a grassy clearing, leading past a small US Navy cemetery -- the last remnant of the National Sailors' Home, which operated as a working farm on 6. The self-guided nature walk portion of the trail is designed to showcase the plant and animal life found in and around this stretch of Quincy salt marsh. Try Sydney Ice Pond for a similar trail experience featuring wetland.