Parkman Hill Farm, Solon

Parkman Hill Farm is the new headquarters of the Somerset Woods Trustees. The 650-acre conservation area, as of spring 2025, had two trails which...

Young’s Wildlife Preserve, Concord Township

Young’s Wildlife Preserve, protected by the Somerset Woods Trustees, is the epitome of an out-of-the-way trail system; it’s almost certain that you will have...

Wilder Hill, Temple

Wilder Hill has always been an easy hike to an open area with incredible views, but for years it required a difficult drive on...

Stone Soup Gardens and Trails, Farmington

Stone Soup Gardens, located down a dirt driveway off Farmington Falls Road, has plenty of parking, a trailhead map, and snowshoes available to borrow...

Far Winde-a-Way Nature Preserve, Greenwood

Far Winde-A-Way Nature Preserve is located just down the road from the Noyes Mountain trailhead. It is a network of trails on private land...

Reeds Brook Trails, Hampden

Wide, swooping trails have been carved into low-lying land near the school, around Reeds Brook. They’re popular (and groomed) ski trails in the winter,...

Basin Pond Trails, Monroe

The town’s 4-mile trail system criss-crosses the land east of Basin Pond — a mostly undeveloped 29-acre pond — and also brings walkers to...

North Acres Wildlife Conservation Area, Manchester

North Acres Wildlife Conservation Area in Manchester is accessed off of Lyons Road. The trails here all follow farm roads through the woods, along...

Shiloh Pond Community Forest, Kingfield

Thanks to the High Peaks Alliance, there is now a wonderful 0.85 mile-long trail at Shiloh Pond Community Forest. It’s a great easy hike...

Mercer Town Forest, Mercer

In early April, we visited a tiny hidden gem of a trail system in Mercer. Mercer Town Forest, on Elm Street, has a trail...
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