January-April 2023 (and beyond) AMC and other Local Walks/Hikes
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023 1:22 AM
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| Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| JANUARY 2023 | 1 Fresh Pond Sunset Walk (Meetup) Goldsmith Woodlands, Andover (Robin Doyle) |
2 | 3 | 4 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) North Acton Conservation Land Mid-Week (Amy Kelliher) |
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| 7 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) Haggetts Pond, Andover (Robin Doyle) |
8 Fresh Pond Sunset Walk (Meetup) Let's Explore Callahan State Park in Winter (Judith Watson) Winter Blue Hills Hike Beginner Dog Friendly (Chao Xie) |
9 | 10 | 11 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) |
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| 14 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) Morning Walk in Noanet Woods (Judith Watson) Explore Boxford State Forest & Bald Hill Reservation (Robin Doyle) |
15 Fresh Pond Sunset Walk (Meetup) |
16 OPEN |
17 | 18 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) |
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| 21 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) Pawtuckaway State Park: North and South Mtns, Merrimack Valley, NH (Marie Sorensen, Amy Kelliher) Let's Hike Wunnegen Conservation Area & Boxford State Forest (Richard Lombard) Northern Lynn Woods, Lynn (Marc Hurwitz) |
22 Fresh Pond Sunset Walk (Meetup) Let's Explore 'The Quarries' in the Blue Hills (Joanne Newton, Barbara Lightizer) |
23 | 24 | 25 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) Winter Trail Trace - The Blue Hills (Judith Watson, Joanne Newton) - an obvious duplicate |
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| 28 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) Caryl Park, Noanet Woodlands, Hale Reservation, Dover (Marc Hurwitz) Middlesex Fells Family and Dog Friendly Modified Rock Circuit Trail (Chao Xie) |
29 Fresh Pond Sunset Walk (Meetup) Urban Hike - Walking City Trail, Section 4 (Judith Watson, Meighan Matthews) |
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| Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| FEBRUARY 2023 | 1 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) |
2 Harold Parker State Forest, Andover, Mid-Week (Amy Kelliher) |
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| 4 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) |
5 Explore the High Reservoir Section of the Middlesex Fells (Thurman Smith) Local Walks & Hikes Winter Workshop – Follow-Up Hike, Sudbury (Judith Watson, Mala Krishnamurthy) Art 'N Nature: Hike Outside Then Walk Inside - Phillips Academy, Andover (Robin Doyle) |
6 Explore Boston's South Shore: Great Esker Park Hike (Cindy Crosby) |
7 | 8 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) |
9 | 10 Friday Winter Walk - Boston Harbor Walk (Judith Watson) |
| 11 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) Middlesex Fells, Malden (Mike Tuohey) Let's Hike The Joe English Reservation/Amherst, NH (Richard Lombard) Black Heritage Trail Walk, Boston (Chao Xie, Upa Kashyap) Explore Boxford State Forest & Bald Hill Reservation (Robin Doyle) |
12 OPEN |
13 Explore Boston's South Shore: Wompatuck State Park Hike (Cindy Crosby) |
14 | 15 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) |
16 Great Brook Farm, Carlisle, Mid-Week (Amy Kelliher) |
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| 18 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) Breakheart Reservation, Saugus (Marc Hurwitz) Winter Garden Walk & Mardi Gras Bonfire! (Mary MacDonald) |
19 Witch-Hazel Hike at the Arnold Arboretum (Chris McArdle) |
20 Wildcat Conservation Area, Boxford (Robin Doyle) |
21 | 22 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) |
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| 25 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) Blue Hills Skyline Trail, Quincy (Mike Tuohey) Willowdale State Forest, Topsfield (Robin Doyle) |
26 OPEN |
27 Explore Boston's South Shore: Osprey Overlook Park Hike (Cindy Crosby) |
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| Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| MARCH 2023 | 1 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) |
2 | 3 Friday Winter Walk - Boston Harborwalk Charlestown Section (Judith Watson, Celeste Venolia) Weir Hill Reservation, North Andover (Robin Doyle) |
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| 4 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) Let's Explore Callahan State Park in Winter, Again! (Judith Watson) |
5 F. Gilbert Hills State Forest Winter Hike (Michelle DeVivo, Abi Natarajan) |
6 | 7 | 8 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) Moonlight Owling Hike, Foss Farm, Carlisle (Meighan Matthews, Judith Watson) |
9 | 10 Explore Boston's South Shore: Jacob's Pond Conservation Area, Norwell (Cindy Crosby) Let's Hike Joe English Reservation/Amherst NH (Richard Lombard, Margaret Griffin) |
| 11 Welcome Spring Garden Walk & Bonfire! (Mary MacDonald) Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) West Quincy Quarries & Granite Railway (Mike Tuohey) Osgood Hill Loop, N. Andover (Robin Doyle) |
12 Winter Blue Hills Hike - Beginner, Family and Dog-Friendly (Chao Xie) |
13 | 14 | 15 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton, Judith Watson) |
16 | 17 Explore Boston's South Shore: Wompatuck State Park, Hingham (Cindy Crosby) Friday Winter Walk - Boston Seaport Harbor Walk (Judith Watson) |
| 18 Winter Trail Trace the Blue Hills (Bob Vogel, Joanne Newton) Parks & Greenways, Quincy (Mike Tuohey) |
19 Let's Explore - The Blue Hills (Barbara Lightizer, Hiroko Hardebeck) |
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| 25 Central Blue Hills Peaks and Ponds Hike, Milton (Marc Hurwitz) |
26 Spring Hike in Gilbert State Forest, Foxboro (Sujatha Srinivasan) |
27 Explore Boston's South Shore: Presidents Trail Urban Walk (Cindy Crosby) |
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| Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| APRIL 2023 | ||||||
| 1 OPEN |
2 Walking City Trail & Harborwalk Art Walk, Charlestown (Meighan Matthews, Judith Watson) Explore Andover's Skug River Reservation (Thurman Smith) |
3 Beginner Weekday Hikes in Blue Hills (Cindy Crosby) |
4 Mid-Week Walk through Lincoln & Concord (Amy Kelliher) |
5 Let's Explore the Blue Hills and Trail Trace the Trails around Hemingway Hill (John Schepis) |
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| 8 A Spring Hike in Beautiful Ravenswood Park in Gloucester on the North Shore (Margaret Griffin, Barbara Amoroso) Talk, Walk & Wheel - Rest-Stop-Ranch Accessible Gardens, Topsfield (Mary MacDonald) Wildcat Conservation Area - Boxford, MA (Robin Doyle) |
9 Spring Hike #2 in Gilbert State Forest, Foxboro (Sujatha Srinivasan) Let's Explore Breakheart Reservation in Saugus (Bob Vogel) April Sunday Stroll in the Accessible Gardens, Topsfield (Mary MacDonald) |
10 Beginner Weekday Hikes in Blue Hills (Cindy Crosby) |
11 | 12 Let's Explore around Hawk Hill in the Blue Hills (Joanne Newton) |
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| 15 Let's Explore - Myles Standish State Forest (Plymouth/Carver) (Bob Vogel) Spring Warner Trail Hike #1 (Roy Wolfe, Laura Cerier) Neponset River Greenway/Mattapan Sq/Milton Hill (Mike Tuohey) |
16 OPEN |
17 Beginner Weekday Hikes in Blue Hills (Cindy Crosby) |
18 | 19 Let’s Explore - The Blue Hills, CCC Camp and Domes (William Doherty) |
20 Classic Signs of Spring Hike at the Arnold Arboretum (Ken Cohen, Larry Petrone) Explore Blue Hills Skyline Trail North/South Loop & Buck Hill (Nicholas Georgantas) Hike the Wilderness, in Essex, on the North Shore (MECT) (Margaret Griffin, Barbara Amoroso) |
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| 22 Beverly Commons, North Shore (Margaret Griffin) Let's Explore - Wheaton Farm, Easton on Earth Day 2023 (Joanne Newton) Harold Parker State Forest, Andover (Robin Doyle, Marc Hurwitz) |
23 OPEN |
24 | 25 | 26 Spring at Callahan State Park, Framingham/Marlborough (Larry Petrone) Trail Trace Fowl Meadow, Blue Hills (John Schepis, Joanne Newton) |
27 Beverly Commons, North Shore (Margaret Griffin, Barbara Amoroso) |
28 Let's Hike Bear Brook State Park, Candia, NH (Richard Lombard) |
| 29 Pope John Paul II Park to Squantum Point Park, Dorchester/Quincy (Mike Tuohey) Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Topsfield (Robin Doyle) |
30 Hiking the Beverly Commons, North Shore (Margaret Griffin, Barbara Amoroso) Let's Explore Callahan State Park in Spring, Framingham (Abi Natarajan, Michelle Devivo) Trace Blue Hills - Donovan School Randolph (Nick Georgantas) |
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| Saturday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| MAY 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 Let's Explore - The Blue Hills, Houghton's Pond to Buck Hill and Back (William Doherty) |
4 | 5 Walk the Emerald Necklace - Jamaica Pond & Olmstead Park (Judith Watson, Elizabeth Bertolozzi) |
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| 6 Cutler Park Reservation, Needham (Lisa Fleischman, Lisa Najavits) "Walk & Roll" at Breakheart Reservation, Saugus (Bob Vogel) Spring Walk/Hike in Groton Town Forest (Linda Haines, Judith Watson) Wompatuck State Park, Hingham (Mike Tuohey) Boxford State Forest (Robin Doyle, Robert Davis) |
7 Hiking the Beautiful Lynn Woods on the North Shore (Margaret Griffin, Pam Richardson) Spring Warner Trail Hike #2, Wrentham (Roy Wolfe, Laura Cerier) Let's Hike Beaver Brook Association Conservation Area, Hollis NH (Richard Lombard) |
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| 13 Explore - Callahan State Park, Framingham (Lisa Fleischman, Mala Krishnamurthy) Arnold Arboretum Walk, Jamaica Plain (Marc Hurwitz) Let's Hike Cleveland Farm State Forest/Ipswich MA (Richard Lombard) |
14 Hiking the Bay Circuit Trail from Harold Parker to Mary French Reservation, N. Andover and Andover (Margaret Griffin) Lilac Fest Stroll at Rest-Stop-Ranch, Topsfield (Mary MacDonald, Melika Uter) |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Nobscot Conservation Land and Tippling Rock (Evening Walk), Framingham and Sudbury (Amy Kelliher, Pam Richardson) |
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| 20 Blue Hills Beginner Backpack Trip (Michelle Devivo, Joanne Newton, John Schepis Walden Woods, Concord (Brian Connolly) |
21 Blue Hills Beginner Backpack Trip (Michelle Devivo, Joanne Newton, John Schepis Hiking Beautiful Ravenswood Park on the North Shore, Gloucester (Margaret Griffin, Pam Richardson) |
22 | 23 | 24 Harold Parker State Park, Andover (Amy Kelliher, Susan Stoll) |
25 Hiking the Beverly Commons (Margaret Griffin, Barbara Amoroso) Lincoln & Concord Conservation Lands, Weekday (Amy Kelliher, Julie Huber) |
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| 27 OPEN |
28 OPEN |
29 | 30 Hike Beautiful Mt. Agamenticus By The Ocean, York, ME (Margaret Griffin, Barbara Amoroso) |
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| JUNE 2023 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 Hiking the Beverly Commons (Margaret Griffin, Barbara Amoroso) Let's Explore the Blue Hills - Skyline from Buck Hill to Eliot Tower and More! (Barbara Lightizer, Hiroko Hardebeck) |
4 Jericho Town Forest and College Pond, Weston (Michelle Devivo, Pam Richardson) |
5 | 6 Hiking the Beverly Commons (Margaret Griffin, Barbara Amoroso) |
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