Massachusetts Trail Guide, 8th; AMC Guide to Hiking Trails in Massachusetts

by Charles W. G. Smith

• ISBN13: 9781929173440
• ISBN10: 192917344X
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club Books

Summary

Now completely revised and updated, the Massachusetts Trail Guide is the most comprehensive guide available to the trails of the Bay State.

Author Biography

Charles W. G. Smith lives in the Berkshires in a log cabin with his wife and children. An environmental horticulturalist and award-winning author, he is also the author of Water Trails of Western Massachusetts and co-author of Nature Walks in Connecticut and Discover the Berkshires of Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Key to Maps	p. viii
Introduction	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. x
How to Use This Book	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xvi
Trip Planning and Safety	p. xvii
Natural History of Massachusetts	p. xxx
Stewardship and Conservation	p. xlix
The Berkshires	p. 2
Appalachian Trail	p. 6
Jug End Reservation	p. 23
Mt. Everett State Reservation	p. 23
Mt. Washington State Forest	p. 26
Bash-Bish Falls State Park	p. 31
South Taconic Trail	p. 32
Yokun Ridge	p. 38
Mt. Greylock	p. 40
Ice Glen Trail System	p. 53
Questing	p. 54
Dry Hill	p. 55
Bartholomew's Cobble	p. 55
Beartown State Forest	p. 57
Monument Mtn. Reservation	p. 58
Kennedy Park	p. 60
Tyringham Cobble	p. 60
McClennan Reservation	p. 61
Pittsfield State Forest	p. 62
Mtn. Meadow Preserve	p. 66
Housatonic River Greenway Trail	p. 66
October Mtn. State Forest	p. 67
Pleasant Valley Sanctuary	p. 70
Field Farm	p. 72
Taconic Crest Trail	p. 74
North Taconic Trails	p. 80
Stone Hill	p. 90
Monroe State Forest	p. 95
Savoy Mtn. State Forest	p. 97
Notchview Reservation	p. 99
Pioneer Valley and Vicinity	p. 104
Metacomet-Monadnock Trail	p. 107
Robert Frost Trail	p. 135
Pocumtuck Ridge Trail	p. 141
Mt. Tom State Reservation	p. 145
Mt. Holyoke Range: West	p. 153
Mt. Holyoke Range: East	p. 156
Amherst Conservation Commission Trails	p. 158
Arcadia Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary	p. 160
Holland Glen	p. 160
Mt. Grace State Forest	p. 162
Mt. Toby State Demonstration Forest	p. 162
Mt. Sugarloaf Reservation	p. 166
DAR State Forest	p. 167
Dubuque Memorial State Forest	p. 170
Mohawk Trail State Forest	p. 174
Fannie Stebbins Memorial Wildlife Refuge	p. 175
Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary	p. 176
Chester-Blandford State Forest	p. 178
Bear Swamp	p. 180
William Cullen Bryant Homestead	p. 181
Central Massachusetts	p. 184
Tully Trail	p. 186
Midstate Trail	p. 191
Wapack Trail	p. 199
Wachusett Mtn. State Reservation	p. 200
Wachusett Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary	p. 206
Leominster State Forest	p. 208
Purgatory Chasm	p. 209
Blackstone River and Canal State Park	p. 209
Bearsden Forest	p. 210
Brooks Woodland Preserve	p. 211
Rutland Brook	p. 212
Harvard Forest	p. 212
Swift River Reservation	p. 214
Rock House Reservation	p. 214
Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary	p. 215
North and West of Boston	p. 218
Bay Circuit Trail	p. 221
Dogtown	p. 232
Ravenswood Park	p. 234
Halibut Point & Sea Rocks	p. 236
Maudslay State Park	p. 237
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge	p. 238
Crane Beach	p. 239
Bradley W. Palmer State Park	p. 240
Willowdale State Forest	p. 241
Discover Hamilton Trail	p. 243
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary	p. 243
Phillips Academy Bird Sanctuary	p. 244
Properties of Andover Village Improvement Society	p. 245
Charles W. Ward Reservation	p. 249
Bald Hill Reservation	p. 250
Weir Hill Reservation	p. 251
Harold Parker State Forest	p. 251
Reading Town Forest	p. 254
Willard Brook State Forest	p. 255
Gulf Brook & Heald's Pond	p. 256
Groton Town Forest	p. 257
Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest	p. 258
Great Brook Farm State Park	p. 258
Old Town Hill	p. 259
Misery Islands	p. 260
Appleton Farms & Appleton Farms Grass Rides	p. 260
Joppa Flats Wildlife Sanctuary	p. 260
Walks in the Vicinity of Ayer	p. 261
Boston and Vicinity	p. 266
Blue Hills Reservation	p. 269
Stony Brook Reservation	p. 276
Boston Harbor Islands National Park & State Park	p. 277
Whitney & Thayer Woods Reservation	p. 279
World's End Peninsula	p. 282
Cutler Park	p. 283
Neponset River Marshes Reservation	p. 284
Webster Conservation Area	p. 285
Noanet Woodlands	p. 287
Rocky Woods Reservation & Fork Factory Brook	p. 289
Rocky Narrows Reservation	p. 291
Sherborn Town Forest	p. 292
Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary	p. 293
Walden Pond State Reservation	p. 294
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge	p. 295
Middlesex Fells Reservation	p. 296
Elm Bank Reservation	p. 303
Breakheart Reservation	p. 304
Lynn Woods	p. 307
Southeastern Massachusetts and the Islands	p. 312
Warner Trail	p. 314
Bay Circuit Trail	p. 323
Ashland Town Forest	p. 329
Ashland State Park	p. 330
Moose Hill Audubon Sanctuary	p. 331
Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary	p. 332
Borderland State Park	p. 333
Myles Standish State Forest	p. 334
Stony Brook Valley	p. 336
Nickerson State Park	p. 337
Lowell Holly	p. 337
Sandy Neck Barrier Beach	p. 337
Cape Cod National Seashore	p. 339
Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge	p. 341
Menemsha Hills	p. 342
Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge	p. 342
Conservation and Recreation Organizations and Agencies	p. 345
Leave No Trace	p. 352
Accident Report	p. 353
Index	p. 355
Get Out & Get Active with the AMC	p. 365
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