Hiking the Blue Hills Skyline Trail
Blue Hills Reservation is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and stretches over 7,000 acres from Quincy to Dedham, Milton to Randolph, providing a green oasis in an urban environment. Rising above the horizon, Great Blue Hill reaches a height of 635 feet, the highest of the 22 hills in the Blue Hills chain. From the rocky summit visitors can see over the entire metropolitan area. With its scenic views, varied terrain and 125 miles of trails, the Blue Hills Reservation offers year-round enjoyment for the outdoor enthusiast.
Intro to Frisbee Golf at Borderland State Park
Borderland is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and is one of the most historically significant tracts of publicly owned land in the Commonwealth. Created in the early 1900s by artist and suffragist Blanche Ames and her botanist husband Oakes, Borderland offers many of the same pleasures that the Ames family enjoyed: walking and horseback riding on woodland trails, fishing and canoeing in the ponds, or, in winter, ice-skating, and sledding and its 18-hole Frisbee Golf! Enjoy playing Frisbee? This is perfect for you. We'll navigate through open fields and wooded areas to play some golf with discs.
Hiking the Ponkapoag Pond Board Walk
Blue Hills Reservation is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and stretches over 7,000 acres from Quincy to Dedham, Milton to Randolph, providing a green oasis in an urban environment. With its scenic views, varied terrain and 125 miles of trails, the Blue Hills Reservation offers year-round enjoyment for the outdoor enthusiast. At Ponkapoag Pond, located just south of the Blue Hills' Skyline Trail, you'll travel across boardwalk and around an open pond to view rare Atlantic white cedars, spring wildflowers and various forms of wildlife.
Hiking at Noon Hill
Noon Hill Reservation is managed by the Trustees of Reservations and with trails that offer beautiful scenic views. Primarily used for hiking and accessible year-round, the wooded paths lead you to a manufactured pond, which once fueled an old mill in the mid-1700s, as well as the hike's key feature, Noon Hill. You'll be shocked that such a simple hill in our own backyard can provide breathtaking views of rolling hills and the Massachusetts skyline. Dogs are also able to use this trail, but must be kept on a leash.
Hiking at Noanet Woods
Noanet Woodlands is managed by the Trustees of Reservations and is home to roughly 17 miles of trails. This beautiful 600-acre preserve is extremely family friendly and provides access to or great views to a number of unique features - an old mill a diverse environment of woodlands, ponds and meadows. The key feature of the hike is a 387 foot climb up Noanet Peak, which on sunny days provide great views of Boston's skyline.