Everyone Outdoors

A flat, dirt trail through the woods.   Guest Post! With permission for our Easy Walk friend, Marjorie Turner Hollman, here is her excellen...

Seated hiker with helper in front and behind.      This first week of November I had the pleasure of joining a Waypoint Adventure hike on Mt...

  Cairn and vegetation along Namskaket Sea Path.          A lesser known part of Nickerson State Park in Brewster, MA is Crosby Landing. Whi...

Guest Post from Laila Soleimani of DCR's Universal Access Program. Laila is an Outreach Specialist working to help people discover new...

I took a step back in time this week and traveled to the Berkshires, where at higher elevation, spring is a week or so behind the Connecticu...

Reservoir loop trail with well-packed snow. I took a Sunday afternoon stroll in Brighton yesterday at Chestnut Hill Reservation . The 1.5 mi...

Scenic roadway along the Quabbin shoreline. Despite a gray cloudy day I ventured over to Gate 35 at the Quabbin today. A facebook follower h...

Fall is a fabulous time to visit Cape Cod - the weather is often milder than on the mainland and the crowds tend to thin out. I just spent C...

Fall is a great time to visit the Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.) State Forest in Goshen, Massachusetts, part of the Berkshi...

A popular spot in the Pioneer Valley, Mt. Tom State Reservation is located in Holyoke, not far off I-91, making for an easy destination in t...

In Belmont, there is a paved path known as the South Loop at Beaver Brook Reservation, that offers a self-guided urban tree walk and remembe...

In northeastern Massachusetts is a large state forest called Harold Parker, named after the first chairman of the Forestry Commission over a...

Thanks again to Laila Soleimani for her post! I visited Lake Park, part of Quinsigamond State Park, on a hot summer Friday afternoon. Locat...

Water is power - and you can see this truth all along DCR's 3 mile Canalside Rail Trail in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. From Unity Park...

Last week I finally made it to Boston to assess a trail and was surprised to find Belle Isle Marsh Reservation remarkably people-free. Just ...

A walk in the woods can be refreshment for the soul, even close to civilization. In north central Massachusetts, Dunn State Park offers a ...

I visited the John Tinker Trail in Groton this week - what a gem of a wheelchair accessible trail! Located on Nod Road in J. Harry Rich ...

Four miles off Route 2 in the Berkshires, Savoy Mountain State Forest has a delightful accessible trail linking a beach with the woods. Th...

The northwest corner of Massachusetts offers beautiful mountain scenery where it is possible to find a few accessible and easy trail exper...