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  • Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

    Lilac, cattails, and sunflowers grow amongst dense grass. In the background, there is a mix of deciduous and evergreen trees. There is a brick building mostly hidden by trees in the background.

    Description: A romantic haven, the Arnold Arboretum sustains gentle hills of varied gardens, vibrant trees, and scenic paths....
    Climb: easy-to-moderate
    Features: accessible bicycle-friendly bird-watching dog-friendly foliage free gardens medium (151-1000 acres) skyline views
    City: Boston, MA

  • Blue Hills Reservation

    From the top of a great hill, a blue green horizon precedes a hilly green landscape. In the foreground, there are rocks and dried plant life.

    Description: Popular for a reason, Blue Hills offers hundreds of miles of trails....
    Climb: intense
    Features: accessible bicycle-friendly bird-watching cross-country skiiing dog-friendly fishing foliage free ice skating large (>1000 acres) panoramic views pond reservoir skating rink skiing skyline views
    City: Milton, MA

  • Breakheart Reservation

    From the right, a paved road with an intermitted white line in its center paves over a hill disappearing around a bend towards the left. The road lies in a dense forest with patches of sunlight filtering through the trees throughout the image. A hill lies on the right. Some blue sky is visible through the tree tops above.

    Description: Heartbreakingly beautiful, Breakheart Reservation's trails extend over seven rocky hills....
    Climb: moderate-to-intense
    Features: bicycle-friendly bird-watching cross-country skiiing dog-friendly foliage free medium (151-1000 acres) panoramic views pond remote river skyline views swimming
    City: Saugus, MA

  • Brookline Reservoir

    A dirt path curves to the left and behind the Brookline Reservoir. On the far edge of the water, there is a small terminal gatehouse. Alongside the path is a grassy area interspersed with trees.

    Description: Historically Boston's drinking water supply, the Brookline Reservoir makes a short and sweet loop for walkers and joggers....
    Climb: flat
    Features: dog-friendly fishing free reservoir skyline views small (<150 acres) urban
    City: Brookline, MA

  • Charles River Park Reservation

    There is so much snow on the ground that the pathway extending left to right is invisible, but joggers can be seen running right to left in the middle of the photo, while walkers head left from the right of the photo. Tall naked trees stand before the path, and shorter naked trees stand after it. Behind the park, Storrow Drive is plowed, and behind Storrow Drive, there are buildings. A footbridge over Storrow Drive is partially visible on the right.

    Description: Twenty miles long, the Charles River Park Reservation maintains bike paths, pedestrian paths, playgrounds, athletic fields, and some of the best views of Boston and Cambridge....
    Climb: easy
    Features: accessible athletic fields bicycle-friendly bird-watching dog-friendly foliage free gardens large (>1000 acres) river urban
    City: Boston and Cambridge, MA

  • Chestnut Hill Reservoir

    Under mostly clear skies, the Chestnut Hill Reservoir occupies most of the photo, with its path visible to the left and middle background. Trees are behind the path, and in the background the trees partially obscure buildings. In the middle left of the photo, there is a gatehouse.

    Description: On either side of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, views of the city and Boston College stand on the horizon....
    Climb: flat
    Features: bird-watching dog-friendly free pool reservoir skating rink skyline views small (<150 acres)
    City: Boston, MA

  • Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary

    A wooden bridge crosses a dry brook in a shady, thick wooded area. Dense vegetation grows in the base of the dry brook. The wooded bridge connects with a dirt path which heads left into obscurity. Patches of sunlight shine down between the trees.

    Description: With only four miles of trails, animal exhibitions form the main attraction at Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary....
    Climb: easy-to-moderate
    Features: accessible bird-watching farm foliage gardens remote small (<150 acres)
    City: Lincoln, MA

  • Emerald Necklace Conservancy

    A small pond under blue skies reflects the dense trees surrounding it. A large tree grows in the left foreground, and lily pads float behind it.

    Description: The Emerald Necklace lays a string of parks from Back Bay through Jamaica Plain, its jewels a wide variety of recreational activities....
    Climb: easy
    Features: accessible athletic fields bicycle-friendly dog-friendly fishing free gardens medium (151-1000 acres) pond urban
    City: Boston, MA

  • Forest Hills Cemetery

    Seen from a height, the interior side of the Forest Hills Cemetery gate lies in the mid-background. In the foreground, there are dense trees and shrubbery. Behind and to the right of the gate are more dense green trees.

    Description: The sculptures and gardens of Forest Hills Cemetery create a restful yet visually stimulating escape from the city....
    Climb: easy
    Features: accessible free gardens medium (151-1000 acres)
    City: Boston, MA

  • Fresh Pond

    A shallow pond with lilies floating on the left reflects a partially cloudy sky and the dense vegetation and thick deciduous trees on the far shore.

    Description: A two and a half mile wooded path surrounds Fresh Pond, Cambridge's source of drinking water....
    Climb: easy
    Features: accessible bicycle-friendly dog-friendly free medium (151-1000 acres) pond reservoir
    City: Cambridge, MA

  • Great Esker Park

    Tall pine trees and leafy deciduous trees grow on the slope of a hill brown with dry vegetation.

    Description: Great Esker Park lies along the Weymouth Back River with salt water marshes, reversing falls, and six miles of trails....
    Climb: moderate
    Features: bird-watching dog-friendly esker fishing foliage free medium (151-1000 acres) remote tidal river
    City: Weymouth, MA

  • Hammond Pond Park/Webster Conservation

    Twisted and fallen trees create geometric shapes in a clearing in the woods.

    Description: Sprinkled with lilies, Hammond Pond lies adjacent to the wooded trails of Webster Conservation Area....
    Climb: easy-to-moderate
    Features: bird-watching fishing foliage free gardens medium (151-1000 acres) pond rock-climbing
    City: Newton, MA

  • Hemlock Gorge Reservation

    A bridge is reflected in the Charles River, with dense deciduous trees on either side, and a branch hanging overhead.

    Description: Tucked in between suburban Newton and Needham, tiny Hemlock Gorge Reservation features a few mild hills and waterfalls....
    Climb: easy-to-moderate
    Features: free river small (<150 acres) waterfalls
    City: Needham, MA

  • Horn Pond Mountain

    The Boston skyline stands on the horizon under a clear blue sky. Below the horizon, nothing but dense green trees and a mostly obscured body of water on the right.

    Description: Skyline views and an abandoned reservoir await discovery atop Horn Pond Mountain....
    Climb: moderate-to-intense
    Features: bird-watching dog-friendly fishing foliage free medium (151-1000 acres) pond remote skyline views
    City: Woburn, MA

  • Lynn Woods Reservation

    A mostly bare garden in early fall shines in the sunlight in a clearing in the woods. In the foreground on the left, there is shrubbery in shade. From the front middle, a short stone wall extends forwards towards a pretty arch and a stone bench. A stone bird bath stands on the green grass in the middle of the garden. Next to the arch is a thick bare rose bush. Flowerless bulbs grow along the left side of the stone wall.

    Description: Lynn Woods Reservation entices with scenic trails, multiple reservoirs, rose gardens, and tall tales behind cryptic sites....
    Climb: moderate-to-intense
    Features: bicycle-friendly cross-country skiiing dog-friendly foliage free gardens large (>1000 acres) panoramic views pond remote reservoir rock-climbing skyline views
    City: Lynn, MA

  • Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center & Wildlife Sanctuary

    Yellow wildflowers and various green vegetation grows thickly in the foreground. Beyond a field, in the center background, there is a yellow building. On the right side, there is a tall blue fir tree. On its left, there is a tall evergreen, with the bottom three quarters of its branches bare. In the far background, various tall trees of many species line the horizon. The sky is blue.

    Description: Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center's simple trails pass by wetlands, fields, and community gardens....
    Climb: flat
    Features: accessible bird-watching free gardens small (<150 acres)
    City: Boston, MA

  • Middlesex Fells Reservation

    From the top of a dark rock, a mostly naked forest extends below. There are a few evergreen trees. Past the trees, the Boston skyline can be seen on the horizon.

    Description: Waterfalls, rocky hills, and city views grace the trails of Middlesex Fells Reservation....
    Climb: moderate-to-intense
    Features: bicycle-friendly bird-watching cross-country skiiing dog-friendly fishing foliage free large (>1000 acres) panoramic views pond pool reservoir rock-climbing skating rink skyline views waterfalls
    City: Medford and Melrose, MA

  • Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary

    Tall pine trees stand in a sparse forest with the ground covered in dead leaves.

    Description: With 25 miles of trails, the Mass Audubon Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary harbors forests, fields, and wetlands....
    Climb: moderate-to-intense
    Features: bird-watching foliage medium (151-1000 acres) remote
    City: Sharon, MA

  • Mount Auburn Cemetery

    In the upper-left, a vernal pool. Then, towards the right, grass and a large shrub. Left center, nascent green buds of flowers, and a rock wall before a mulch surface. In the center on the rock wall, a chipmunk sits with his cheeks full.

    Description: Bucolic Mount Auburn Cemetery preserves a sanctuary of natural solace and urban wildlife....
    Climb: easy-to-moderate
    Features: accessible bird-watching foliage free gardens medium (151-1000 acres) panoramic views skyline views
    City: Cambridge, MA

  • Pine Banks Park

    From a height, with the rocky top of the hill visible, there are the tops of tall trees with a glimpse of the horizon in the mid center. The sky is clear blue.

    Description: Pine Banks Park provides recreational fields and brief wooded trails that climb to a scenic outlook....
    Climb: moderate
    Features: athletic fields bicycle-friendly dog-friendly esker free rock-climbing small (<150 acres)
    City: Malden, MA

  • Prospect Hill Park

    In the foreground, the rocky tops of a cliff with leafy deciduous trees growing directly below. In the distance, a sprawl of urban green, with the Boston skyline on the horizon.

    Description: Prospect Hill Park's steep hills, vernal pools, and dense woods open up to scenic outlooks east and west....
    Climb: intense
    Features: accessible bicycle-friendly dog-friendly foliage free medium (151-1000 acres) panoramic views skyline views
    City: Waltham, MA

  • Stony Brook Reservation

    Close towards the water, green and yellow lily pads and their white flowers float on a dark pond. Dense vegetation grows directly ahead on the shore. Dark trees are reflected in the water.

    Description: The quiet woods of Stony Brook Reservation hide ponds, wetlands, brooks, and rock-outcroppings....
    Climb: easy
    Features: accessible athletic fields bicycle-friendly dog-friendly fishing foliage free medium (151-1000 acres) pond pool skating rink
    City: Boston, MA

  • Wompatuck State Park

    A large sign with wood posts standing in dry grass reads

    Description: Visitors to Wompatuck State Park enjoy 12 miles of bike trails and camping facilities....
    Climb: flat
    Features: accessible bicycle-friendly campgrounds cross-country skiiing fishing free large (>1000 acres) pond reservoir
    City: Cohasset, MA

  • World's End

    From the top of a dry grassy hill, green deciduous trees grow below, with a bay inlet following. A single boat is visible in the inlet. After the inlet, a small penisula stands on the right, connected by a thin line to a peninsula on the left. Behind the peninsulas, the blue waters of Massachusetts Bay extend to the horizon. The sky is clear.

    Description: At World's End, the bay views on the hilly peninsula merit the fee charged to non-members....
    Climb: moderate
    Features: bay bicycle-friendly bird-watching dog-friendly foliage medium (151-1000 acres) panoramic views remote skyline views tidal river
    City: Hingham, MA

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