Hiking Trails and Trips
Trips
Fiske Forest Trail and 1st Geocaching in Weston
Weston, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 1.5 miles
Hiking | 1.5 miles
A beautiful afternoon walk in the spring break week. Originally planed on yesterday, postponed due to the Boston on lock down following the Boston marathon explosion. Parking at Gun Clun Ln, starting point of trail is the abandoned Central Massachusetts Rail - the same track in front of Wayland Public Library. The major route of trail is good for biking.
Stoneymeade Trail (Acton) to Annursnac Trail (Concord)
East Acton, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 2.5 miles
Hiking | 2.5 miles
The trail starts from Stonymeade Way of Acton and ends Strawberry Rd of Concord. The Acton part is called Stonymeade Trail and Concord part is called Annursnac Trail. The secondary route leads to top of Annursac Hill. The trail condition is great, wide and well labeled. You can park either end of trail. The trail is part of Bay Circuit Trai.
An early morning walk on Lovells Island
Hamlen Trail and Our 1st GeoCaching in Wayland
Wayland, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 1.3 miles
Hiking | 1.3 miles
It is our 1st Geocaching. (Snake Brook Cache
N 42° 20.527 W 071° 20.476). I picked a 'beginner' geocache, it still took us about 10 min to find it once we arrived the destination. Along the way, we saw two snakes and one frog.
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Lincoln School to Codman Bridge over MBTA Commuter Rail (Fitchburg Line)
Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 3.5 miles
Hiking | 3.5 miles
The last trial in the Lincoln Passport Program. We left around 3PM to give our chef some quite space in the kitchen to prepare the Thanksgiving day "turkey". Though it is the early winter, we saw five groups of people in the 1st half of the trail. We crossed three brooks and a few muddy spots. There were some trees decorated by kids from the Lovelane Riding Program, QiQi love the 'Bob...
Sudbury River Source: Cedar Swamp Pond (Westborogh)
Westborough, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 2.2 miles
Hiking | 2.2 miles
Previous kayak trip ended in south Framingham because the poor river condition. I have to search the source of Sudbury River by land. It turn out not easy either. The map shows that Walkup Dr is the closest road, but it has no road/trail to go further. The extension of Brigham St leads a trail parallel to the commuter rail track. Only able to view the Cedar Swap Pond from top of a...
A short hiking and driving trip finishes the last leg of Concord River and arrives the Merrimack River. The river condition downstream of Lawrence Street is not safe for kayak. Senator Paul E. Tsongas Presented at 1995 National Symposium on A Sustainable Environment The pinnacle of generational responsibility is to leave a global environment that is in equilibrium. Leaving behind a poisoned planet whose resources are inadequate to sustain the population is...
The 6th trail in Lincoln's Conservation Land. This is a wet week, rained in the morning. Again, this is another trail longer than 2 miles. QiQi and Quin completed the trail in about an hour and half. Have to pack my stuff and leave for New York City this afternoon.
This the 5th Lincoln Trail and the longest one QiQi made so far. 2.5 Miles and about 2 hours. Original starting time is AM but canceled due to the whole night and morning rain. The rain stopped around 2PM, waked up QiQi around 5:00PM...The Black Gum Trail is from Walden Pond all the way around the Sandy (Flint) Pond. Our journey today is the portion between Sandy Pond and Walden Pond. QiQi...
Uncle Tim's Bridge was rebuilt in 2008 on Duck Creek, It is a wood bridge connecting the eastern part of Wellfleet. After crossing the bridge, we had a quick tour on the this little peninsula. There are many fiddler crabs on the shore. We also found many intact house shoe crabs shells.
Lincoln Trails: Mt Misery and Kettlehole Ponds in South Lincoln
Baker Bridge, Massachusetts, United States
Hiking | 1.3 miles
Hiking | 1.3 miles
The Lincoln Library recommended seven trails for Kids in Lincoln in 2010. We have tried three of them last year. This the 1st one this year.
