Lafe Low is a lifelong New Englander. He spends nearly all his free time outside skiing, hiking, skiing, camping, skiing, kayaking, skiing... you get the picture. He has nearly reached his goal of having his garage look like an REI or EMS basement sale. He has worked as a writer and editor for decades, launching his own magazine, Explore New England, in 1995. After that, he went on to be the editor of Outdoor Adventure. Most of his career has been with various technology and business publications. The tech stuff pays the bills; the outdoor stuff feeds the soul. He is also the author of Best Tent Camping: New England (fourth edition) and Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: New England.Helen Weatherall is a writer, sculptor, and environmentalist who prefers to spend her time outdoors. Having explored wildlands from Mount Washington to Montana, the Amazon to Sri Lanka, and much in between, Weatherall now lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with her husband, cat, and terrier.

• Overview MapMap LegendAcknowledgmentsForewordPreface60 Hikes by CategoryIntroductionWithin BostonCharles RiverJamaica PondSpectacle Island: Boston Harbor Islands National & State ParkSeaside HikesCrane BeachHalibut Point State ParkNasketucket Bay State ReservationParker River National Wildlife Refuge: Hellcat TrailSandy Point State ReservationWorld’s EndNorth of BostonAgassiz Rock ReservationAppleton Farms: Grass RidesBald Hill Conservation AreaBeaver BrookDogtown CommonGoldsmith ReservationGreat Meadow–Gerrish’s RockIndian Ridge ReservationLynn WoodsManchester–Essex WoodlandsMaudslay State ParkMiddlesex Fells Reservation: Skyline TrailOld Town Hill ReservationRavenswood ParkSkug River ReservationWard ReservationWeir HillWillowdale State ForestWinnekenni ParkSouth of BostonBlue Hills Reservation: Hemenway HillBlue Hills Reservation: Skyline TrailBorderland State ParkCopicut WoodsDestruction Brook WoodsNoanet WoodlandsNoon HillRound PondSlocum’s River ReserveWilson Mountain ReservationWhitney and Thayer WoodsWest of BostonAshland State ParkBlackstone River and Canal Heritage State ParkCallahan State ParkCedar Hill and Sawink FarmCentennial ReservationDouglas State ForestElm Bank ReservationFoss FarmFranklin State ForestGreat Brook Farm State ParkHammond Pond–Houghton GardenHemlock Gorge ReservationMount Pisgah Conservation AreaMount WachusettMount Watatic ReservationOgilvie Town ForestOxbow Meadows/Farrar Pond/Mount Misery: In Thoreau’s FootstepsPurgatory Chasm State ReservationRocky NarrowsSudbury Memorial ForestUpton State ForestAppendix A: Outdoors ShopsAppendix B: Conservation OrganizationsAppendix C: Hiking ClubsIndexAbout the Authors

Lafe Low is a lifelong New Englander. He spends nearly all his free time outside skiing, hiking, skiing, camping, skiing, kayaking, skiing... you get the picture. He has nearly reached his goal of having his garage look like an REI or EMS basement sale. He has worked as a writer and editor for decades, launching his own magazine, Explore New England, in 1995. After that, he went on to be the editor of Outdoor Adventure. Most of his career has been with various technology and business publications. The tech stuff pays the bills; the outdoor stuff feeds the soul. He is also the author of Best Tent Camping: New England (fourth edition) and Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: New England.Helen Weatherall is a writer, sculptor, and environmentalist who prefers to spend her time outdoors. Having explored wildlands from Mount Washington to Montana, the Amazon to Sri Lanka, and much in between, Weatherall now lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with her husband, cat, and terrier.

• Overview MapMap LegendAcknowledgmentsForewordPreface60 Hikes by CategoryIntroductionWithin BostonCharles RiverJamaica PondSpectacle Island: Boston Harbor Islands National & State ParkSeaside HikesCrane BeachHalibut Point State ParkNasketucket Bay State ReservationParker River National Wildlife Refuge: Hellcat TrailSandy Point State ReservationWorld’s EndNorth of BostonAgassiz Rock ReservationAppleton Farms: Grass RidesBald Hill Conservation AreaBeaver BrookDogtown CommonGoldsmith ReservationGreat Meadow–Gerrish’s RockIndian Ridge ReservationLynn WoodsManchester–Essex WoodlandsMaudslay State ParkMiddlesex Fells Reservation: Skyline TrailOld Town Hill ReservationRavenswood ParkSkug River ReservationWard ReservationWeir HillWillowdale State ForestWinnekenni ParkSouth of BostonBlue Hills Reservation: Hemenway HillBlue Hills Reservation: Skyline TrailBorderland State ParkCopicut WoodsDestruction Brook WoodsNoanet WoodlandsNoon HillRound PondSlocum’s River ReserveWilson Mountain ReservationWhitney and Thayer WoodsWest of BostonAshland State ParkBlackstone River and Canal Heritage State ParkCallahan State ParkCedar Hill and Sawink FarmCentennial ReservationDouglas State ForestElm Bank ReservationFoss FarmFranklin State ForestGreat Brook Farm State ParkHammond Pond–Houghton GardenHemlock Gorge ReservationMount Pisgah Conservation AreaMount WachusettMount Watatic ReservationOgilvie Town ForestOxbow Meadows/Farrar Pond/Mount Misery: In Thoreau’s FootstepsPurgatory Chasm State ReservationRocky NarrowsSudbury Memorial ForestUpton State ForestAppendix A: Outdoors ShopsAppendix B: Conservation OrganizationsAppendix C: Hiking ClubsIndexAbout the Authors

Lafe Low is a lifelong New Englander. He spends nearly all his free time outside skiing, hiking, skiing, camping, skiing, kayaking, skiing... you get the picture. He has nearly reached his goal of having his garage look like an REI or EMS basement sale. He has worked as a writer and editor for decades, launching his own magazine, Explore New England, in 1995. After that, he went on to be the editor of Outdoor Adventure. Most of his career has been with various technology and business publications. The tech stuff pays the bills; the outdoor stuff feeds the soul. He is also the author of Best Tent Camping: New England (fourth edition) and Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail: New England.Helen Weatherall is a writer, sculptor, and environmentalist who prefers to spend her time outdoors. Having explored wildlands from Mount Washington to Montana, the Amazon to Sri Lanka, and much in between, Weatherall now lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with her husband, cat, and terrier.

• Overview MapMap LegendAcknowledgmentsForewordPreface60 Hikes by CategoryIntroductionWithin BostonCharles RiverJamaica PondSpectacle Island: Boston Harbor Islands National & State ParkSeaside HikesCrane BeachHalibut Point State ParkNasketucket Bay State ReservationParker River National Wildlife Refuge: Hellcat TrailSandy Point State ReservationWorld’s EndNorth of BostonAgassiz Rock ReservationAppleton Farms: Grass RidesBald Hill Conservation AreaBeaver BrookDogtown CommonGoldsmith ReservationGreat Meadow–Gerrish’s RockIndian Ridge ReservationLynn WoodsManchester–Essex WoodlandsMaudslay State ParkMiddlesex Fells Reservation: Skyline TrailOld Town Hill ReservationRavenswood ParkSkug River ReservationWard ReservationWeir HillWillowdale State ForestWinnekenni ParkSouth of BostonBlue Hills Reservation: Hemenway HillBlue Hills Reservation: Skyline TrailBorderland State ParkCopicut WoodsDestruction Brook WoodsNoanet WoodlandsNoon HillRound PondSlocum’s River ReserveWilson Mountain ReservationWhitney and Thayer WoodsWest of BostonAshland State ParkBlackstone River and Canal Heritage State ParkCallahan State ParkCedar Hill and Sawink FarmCentennial ReservationDouglas State ForestElm Bank ReservationFoss FarmFranklin State ForestGreat Brook Farm State ParkHammond Pond–Houghton GardenHemlock Gorge ReservationMount Pisgah Conservation AreaMount WachusettMount Watatic ReservationOgilvie Town ForestOxbow Meadows/Farrar Pond/Mount Misery: In Thoreau’s FootstepsPurgatory Chasm State ReservationRocky NarrowsSudbury Memorial ForestUpton State ForestAppendix A: Outdoors ShopsAppendix B: Conservation OrganizationsAppendix C: Hiking ClubsIndexAbout the Authors