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BOSTON ³ DEDHAM MILTON Blue Hills Reservation BLUE HILLS RESERVATION T E E R ST EEN GR WESTWOOD QUINCY Blue Hills Reservation ROYALL STREET Houghtons Pond §¨¦93 G RE ELM STREET EN LO TheD Bradley G E Estate ST RE §¨¦95 ET Conservation Land Milton Blue Hills Duck Pond off University Road Hoosic Club Reservation NORWOOD Metropolis Ponkapoag Pond Ponkapoag Park Skating Rink Ponkapoag Golf Kevin T. Mutch Roller Course Hockey Rink RANDOLPH Signal Hill Reservation Galvin Middle School Fields Oldest Burying Ground Duggan Blue Hill Lt. Peter Hansen School Country Club T EE ST R Canton OLPH RAND DEDHAM STREET Corner Decembrele (Tilden) Cemetery Field JFK Athletic WASHINGTON STREET Pappas Stratford Road Fields Rehabilitation Conservation Hospital for Children Land Armando Center TURNPIKE STREET Pequit Brook ET TRE Earl Newhouse N S Conservation Area MA Pequitside AP Waterfront Farnham- CH Reservoir Farm Y O Connolly State R PLEASANT STREET Pond NEPONSET STREET Canton K S Park T High R E E Neponset River School Museum of T Conservation American Bird Wampatuck Area Art at Mass Country Club Audubon Dean S. Phillip St. Brookmeadow Luce Conservation Conservation Country Club School Land SHE Area off Canton RMA N STREE DAN ROAD Town T Wampatuck E N Forest A L N Irving St. A TREET Paul Revere I S D E Lincolnshire N Conservation Area L Forge I O Heritage Site P L B Drive A OPond W LIV Glen Echo AR STREET Manitou Park Aquatic Cabot Devoll Pond Conservation Area Field PLEASANT STREET Irish Cultural Center Center Turnpike Street Silk Mill Pond Messinger Bolivar Conservation Area Conservation Area Park Pond Windsor Slaughterhouse Bailey Court Woods Pond Silk Mill ConservationBAILEY STREET Area Tom Shepard Pond Gunning Pond Fields Conservation Area Canton Conservation Off Tolman St Land (Pearl Street) Sawmill Trowel Pond Shop AVON Pond Pinewood Pond STOUGHTON 1 0 1 SHARON Miles FIGURE 10 TOWN OF CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS Legend OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLAN 2017 Town-owned Open Space and Recreation Areas State-owned Open Space and Recreation Areas OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION MAP Privately-owned Open Space with Public Access Data provided by The Office of Geographic Legend DECEMBER, 2017 SCALE: NOTED Golf Courses - Wooded Area Information (MassGIS), Commonwealth of Golf Courses - Play Area Massachusetts, Information Technology Division (GIS data provided to the Town) LegendWaterbody USGS, MassGIS.

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Discover the Blue Hills Blue Hills Reservation Guide and Maps Friends of the Blue Hills PO Box 416 Milton, MA 02186 [email protected] Original edition produced by David Hodgdon and Thomas Palmer www.FriendsoftheBlueHills.org Friends of the Blue Hills 1 www.FriendsoftheBlueHills.org Introduction Whether you are a frequent sojourner in the Blue Hills, or a new glimpse of the unusual mating dance of the American woodcock. visitor, there is always something new to be explored in this inspiring You can spend your summers swimming at Houghton’s Pond, a landscape. Among the 7,000 plus acres there are opportunities to hike, kettle pond formation, gift of the glacial age, or pack your rod for some bike, ski, swim, climb and contemplate the simple beauty of nature. One fishing at Ponkapoag Pond. In the warmer months, try launching your can take a serpentine drive through the reservation, stopping to admire canoe on the Neponset River at Fowl Meadow. When the precipitation views along the way, or accept the challenge of hiking the Skyline Trail turns to snow, revisit Fowl Meadow for flat, easy cross-country skiing from beginning to end. or, alternatively, speed down the slopes at the Blue Hill Ski Area. For adventurous souls, there’s the challenge of biking Great Blue Hill or rock climbing on the vertical walls at Quincy Quarries in the northernmost part of the park. Those seeking a workout can hike the Skyline Trail from Quincy to Canton, a hike offering much elevation change and wonderful views. Even if you don’t consider yourself a serious hiker, you’ll still find easy rambles on trails that take you around Houghton’s Pond.
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