Directions

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Massachusetts

Blue Hills Reservation   Review: ? to ?  TRAIL MAP
From the North take Route 95 South (Rt 128) to Route 93 North (Rt 128). From the South take Route 95 North to Route 93 North. Take exit 2B on to Rt 138 North. Take 138 north 1/4 mile to light with Mobil station on your left. Take a right at light onto Hillside Street. Houghton's Pond is located approximately 1/4 mile on the right. Continue 1/4 mile to the reservation headquarters on the left.

Boxford State Forest (Bald Hill Reservation)   Review: * to ***   TRAIL MAP
Take Route 95 to exit 51. From 95 south turn right at the end of the ramp. From 95 north turn left at the end of the ramp and cross over the highway. Take your first right onto Middleton Road. Follow for 1.5 miles then park in the lot on the left at the trailhead.

Bradley Palmer State Park   Review: * to ***  TRAIL MAP
From the North take Route 1 South to Topsfield. Go left on Ipswich Road (there is an Exxon station on the right side), then right on Asbury Street. The entrance to the park will be on your left. Go right at the 4-way intersection and parking will be on your left. From the South take I95 north to exit 50 (Route 1.) Follow Route 1 north to the 3rd set of lights (Ipswich Road.) Take a right and follow to Asbury Street.

Breakheart Reservation, Saugus, MA   Review: * to ***  TRAIL MAP
Take Route 1 to the Lynn Fells Parkway in Saugus. The entrance is on Forest Street. From the North Forest Street is about .3 of a mile on the right off the Lynn Fells Parkway, just after Target. From the South take a left off the exit ramp and Forest Street is just over .1 of a mile on the right.

Charles Ward Reservation, North Andover, MA     ** to ***    TRAIL MAP
Route 95 to exit 47B Route 114 West. Route 114 West through Middleton into North Andover to the junction of 125. Route 125 South to Prospect Street on left just before a gas station on right. Left on Prospect to the end and park on the right.

Cleaveland Farm State Forest   Review: * to ***  TRAIL MAP
Take Route 95 to exit 53 south (Route 97) towards Topsfield. Take your first left after the highway, which is Rowley Road (you'll see the brown State Forest sign.) Follow one half mile and the lot at the trailhead is on your right.