Middlesex Fells Reservation

Middle Reservoir Rd, Medford, MA

The Middlesex Fells Reservation's 2,575 acres offer a welcome retreat for city dwellers and a suitable terrain for hikers, mountain bikers, horseba... Read More

Skyline Trail

Sheepfold Path, Stoneham, MA

Two Towers Hike

Bellevue Pond, Medford, MA

Alewife Brook Reservation

Cambridge, Somerville, MA

Open year round, dawn to dusk The 120-acre Alewife Reservation is among metropolitan Boston's largest urban wilds and provides habitat for an array... Read More

Mystic River Reservation

3920 Mystic Valley Pkwy, Medford, MA

Open year round, dawn to dusk. The banks of the Mystic River are almost entirely publicly owned, from the Amelia Earhart Dam at the mouth of the My... Read More

Breakheart Reservation

177 Forest Street, Saugus, MA

About Open year-round, dawn to dusk. Breakheart Reservation is a 640-acre hardwood forest with jagged, rocky outcroppings, two fresh-water lakes, ... Read More

Hammond Pond Reservation

888-918 Washington St, Newton, MA

Open year-round, dawn to dusk. Hammond Pond, a wooded reservation with a large, scenic pond, is located in the Chestnut Hill section of Newton adja... Read More

Upper Charles River Reservation

96 Forest Grove Road, Waltham, MA

The Upper Charles River Reservation extends from the Watertown dam to Riverdale Park in West Roxbury. Throughout the reservation, continuous public... Read More

Cat Rock Park

98 Drabbington Way, Weston, MA

Rumney Marsh Reservation

Salem Turnpike, Saugus, MA

Open year-round, dawn to dusk. Rumney Marsh, a 600+ acre reservation, is located within the rich Saugus and Pines River estuary. This expansive sal... Read More

Hemlock Gorge Reservation

Elliot St, Needham, MA

Open dawn to dusk. Hemlock Gorge in Needham, Newton and Wellesley is a small 23-acre wild area along the banks of the Charles River. The park is do... Read More

Brook Farm Historic Site

670 Baker St, Boston, MA

This National Historic Landmark is 179 acres of rolling fields, woodland and wetland and was the location of the experimental society of Transcende... Read More

Belle Isle Marsh Reservation

1284 Bennington St., Boston, MA

Open year-round, 9:00 a.m. to dusk. Belle Isle Marsh Reservation preserves 152 acres of the 241-acre Belle Isle Marsh, Boston's last remaining salt... Read More

Cutler Park Reservation

12 Brainard St., Hyde Park, MA

This six hundred-acre reservation is administered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Formerly the wate... Read More

Harold Parker State Forest

305 Middleton Road, North Andover, MA

Harold Parker State Forest, which lies in Andover, North Andover, North Reading and Middleton, comprises just over 3,000 acres of Central Hardwood-... Read More

Stony Brook Reservation

Enneking, Turtle Pond, and Dedham Parkways, Hyde Park, MA

Open year-round, dawn to dusk. Enneking, Dedham and Turtle Pond Parkways wind through extensive tree covered hills, valleys, rock-outcroppings and ... Read More

Walden Pond State Reservation

915 Walden Street, Concord, MA

Henry David Thoreau lived at Walden Pond from July 1845 to September 1847. His experience at Walden provided the material for the book Walden, whic... Read More

Pope John Paul II Park Reservation

Neponset District, Dorchester, MA

Open year-round, dawn to dusk. Formerly used as a landfill and a drive-in theatre, the site of Pope John Paul II Park was once a barrier between th... Read More

Wilson Mountain Reservation

384 Common St., Dedham, MA

Called “ye wilderness” on old Dedham maps, Wilson Mountain Reservation is 207 acres of wild and varied terrain. The property was purcha... Read More

Lynn Shore & Nahant Beach Reservation

, Lynn, MA

Open year round, dawn to dusk. Boat ramps provide public access to Lynn Harbor. Public swimming at Long Beach and King's Beach. Fee for parkin... Read More

Winchester, MA

Best Hiking Trails around Winchester, MA