TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW MAP

MAP LEGEND

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PREFACE

HIKING RECOMMENDATIONS

INTRODUCTION

WITHIN BOSTON

1    The Freedom Trail
2    Charles River Loop
3    Back Bay Fens: Isabella’s Loop
4    Muddy River Loop
5    Jamaica Pond Loop
6    Arnold Arboretum Tour

SEASIDE HIKES

7    Crane Beach: Dune Loop
8    Halibut Point: Quarry Loop
9    Plum Island: Hellcat Trail
10    Plum Island: Sandy Point Loop
11    Nasketucket Bay State Reservation Hike
12    World’s End Tour

NORTH OF BOSTON

13    The Middlesex Fells Reservation West: Skyline Trail
14    Lynn Woods Hike
15    Agassiz Rock Hike
16    Manchester-Essex Woods: Cedar Hill–Pulpit Rock Hike
17    Ravenswood Park Hike
18    Dogtown Commons Hike
19    Great Meadow–Gerrish’s Rock Hike
20    Maudslay State Park Hike
21    Ward Reservation Hike
22    Indian Ridge Loop
23    Skug River Loop
24    Goldsmith Woodlands Loop
25    Weir Hill Loop
26    Old Town Hill: Marsh and Farm Loop
27    Appleton Farms: Grass Rides Loop
28    Willowdale State Forest: Pine Swamp–Milldam Loop
29    Bald Hill Loop
30    Winnekenni Park: Lake, Forest, and Castle Hike
31    Beaver Brook Hike

SOUTH OF BOSTON

32    Blue Hills: Hemenway Hill Loop
33    Blue Hills: Skyline Trail
34    Wilson Mountain Hike
35    Noon Hill Loop (with Charles River extension)
36    Noanet Woodlands Hike
37    Borderland State Park: Pond and Quarry Hike
38    Whitney and Thayer Woods Hike (with Wompatuck State Park)
39    Destruction Brook Hike
40    Copicut Woods: Miller Brook Loop
41    Round Pond Hike
42    Slocum’s River Hike

WEST OF BOSTON

43    Hammond Pond–Houghton Garden Hike
44    Hemlock Gorge Loop
45    Centennial Park Loop
46    Elm Bank Loop
47    Rocky Narrows Loop
48    Ogilvie Woods Hike
49    Cedar Hill To Sawink Farm Loop
50    In Thoreau’s Footsteps
51    Foss Farm Hike
52    Great Brook Farm Loop
53    Callahan State Park Hike
54    Memorial Reservation Hike
55    Waters Farm Loop
56    Blackstone River and Canal Hike
57    Purgatory Chasm Hike
58    Mount Pisgah Hike
59    Mount Watatic–Nutting Hill Loop
60    Mount Wachusett Loop

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A—RECOMMENDED READING

APPENDIX B—OUTDOOR SHOPS

APPENDIX C—CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS

APPENDIX D—HIKING CLUBS