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 developed the land with cranberry bogs and a sawmill in the early 1900s, the property still shows traces of old manmade irrigation channels, though the bog areas themselves have grown considerably wooded over the decades since. The trail colors are well thought out, with a wide white-blazed route leading to Upper Chandler Pond, a blue-blazed 1.3-mile loop, and a narrower yellow-blazed trail crossing several footbridges through the wetter sections.