[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Bradley Palmer State Park, Topsfield, MA Date: July 16, 2013 Distance: 1.16 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 98 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour round trip Trail Blaze: Blue Triangles & Difficulty: Easy Trail Map[/box] Sometimes you just gotta...
This little gem of a reservation is literally in the shadow of the more popular Harold Parker State Forest. In an effort to hike through all the conservation lands listed in the Andover Trails...
I row. Not in a canoe – in a rowing shell. I first stepped foot in a boat my junior year in high school. Having been cut from the varsity soccer team, I decided...
Spring is finally here! This weekend we celebrated the warm weather with a trip to Mass Audubon’s Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Ipswich, MA. Our friends Janet and Greg, and their two little ones...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Osgood Hill, North Andover, MA Date: April 27, 2013 Distance: 2.3 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 72 feet Our Hiking Time: 2 hours roundtrip Trail Blaze: Blue Circle (Stevens Trail) & Green Circle (Osgood Hill Trail) Difficulty: Easy Trail...
For all of us Bostonians, last week brought a range of emotions – terror, anger, fear, relief, pride, and determination. During last Friday’s manhunt for Suspect #2 in the Boston Marathon bombing, my body...
I love taking my Outdoor Adventures Club students into nature! It’s a great opportunity to get to know my students outside the classroom, and I love how excited they get when they hike their...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Harold Parker State Forest, Andover, MA Date: March 19, 2013 Distance: 1.64 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 131 feet Our Hiking Time: 1 hour 10 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: Dark Green Rectangles...
Addison totally digs owls, so when I read that the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon in Canton, Massachusetts, was having a special “Hoot Happenings” event this past weekend, we had to go! My...
One of our favorite things to do on the weekend is explore local sites managed by the trustees of reservations in Massachusetts. We’ve hiked Weir Hill in North Andover, and Holt Hill in Andover,...