[box style=”rounded” border=”full”]Location: Mt. Kearsarge, Warner, NH Date: July 24, 2013 Distance: 1.37 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 400 feet Our Hiking Time: 2 hours, 35 minutes round trip Trail Blaze: White Triangle (Lincoln Trail) & White Rectangle (Rollins Trail) Difficulty: Moderate/Easy...
[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...
[box style=”rounded” border=”full”] Location: Mt. Major, Alton Bay, NH Date: June 2, 2013 Distance: 4.14 miles roundtrip Elevation Gain: 1,168 feet Our Hiking Time: 4 hours, 15 minutes roundtrip Trail Blaze: Blue Rectangle (Mt. Major & Major-Straightback Link...
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...