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Description: Greenbelt’s stunning John J. Donovan Reservation and Sagamore Hill Conservation Area provide miles of interconnected trails winding through woodlands and open hilltop fields with a distant view of the ocean. There is a cross trail that passes by the  Sagamore Hill USAF Geophysics Lab Radio and Solar Observatory.   […]

Description: Very rocky wooded trails along several glacial eskers, including a section of the Bay Circuit Trail connecting Willowdale East and Bradley Palmer to Cleveland Farm State Forest in Georgetown.   This section also abuts Hood Pond.         ECTA Map: Enjoy our free maps and please consider […]

Description: Appleton Farms Grass Rides is one section of Appleton Farms, a Trustees of Reservations property.   It consists of 5.5 miles of grass avenues (easy walking)  which serve as a link in the Bay Circuit Trail and  the Discover Hamilton Trail.   Appleton Farms Grass Rides was designed by […]

Description: Purchased by the Town of West Newbury for municipal use with help from a State grant in 2002, Dunn Field contains over 70 acres of active farm land and forest. Wide trails through the field and a single track trail through woods connect to Pipestave Hill athletic fields and […]

Description: The Topsfield Linear Common is part of the larger “Border to Boston” trail that when completed will extend from Boston to the Salisbury/NH border.   The multi-use “Rail Trail” goes from Pye Brook Lane in Boxford south to Lowell Street in Peabody. The trail utilizes the abandoned railroad bed […]

Description: There is an extensive network of beautiful wooded trails throughout this section of Willowdale State Forest that is enjoyed by a wide variety of trail users.   There are fire roads great for hiking (good for joggers/strollers), and extensive single track for mountain biking. The Bay Circuit Trail winds […]

        Description: The 23-acre Ipswich River Watershed Association campus on County Road includes trails, a green building, green roof, water-wise demonstration projects and gardens, offices, a public canoe dock and remnants of formal gardens from the early 20th-century Barnard estate.   The property and trails are permanently […]

Cogswell’s Grant was the summer home of renowned collectors Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little. The Littles purchased this 165-acre property overlooking the Essex River in 1937 and carefully restored the 1728 farmhouse, preserving original finishes and documenting their work through photographs.   They donated the property to Historic New […]