5-6-mile circuit with Wellesley College greenhouses and campus, Lake Waban, Charles River, brooks and aqueducts. 11:00am. Bring lunch. Meet at Wellesley College Greenhouses. Route 16W from Wellesley Center to campus entrance; right into campus, right to East Campus/Science Center and parking lot. Rain cancels. No dogs. Non-AMC members $1. Info: hike.rwinters.com. L Robert Winters (Robert@rwinters.com; 617-661-9230).
Related Website(s):
http://hike.rwinters.com
http://amcboston.org/walks
http://www.wellesley.edu/wcbg
The walk will commence at the Wellesley College Greenhouses, then proceed around Lake Waban, over to the Sudbury Aqueduct and the Waban Arches, and along brooks and aqueducts back through the town and the Wellesley College campus. The hike should last until perhaps 2:30pm or 3:00pm with a lunch stop at the Waban Arches. A longer option (via Elm Bank) or an alternate route (to Sabrina Lake) is possible, but only if everyone agrees.
Campus map showing route to parking (in yellow).
This is a map of the proposed walk (superimposed on a portion of the Wellesley Trails map), starting and ending at the Greenhouses/Gray Lot and shown in pink. As you can see, there are plenty of good Wellesley Trails from which to choose.