Thursday, September 26, 2013

Eco-Hangouts


             Want to have fun outside at some awesome sites?! Well there’s plenty in the area from Beverly to Ipswich to Gloucester and more! Check out this link to Google maps to see where these great, fun locations are!

Google map link: 
And here's a list of the site and what activities you can do there.

Long Hill and Sedgwick Gardens, Beverly, MA:
            - 14-acre hillside property
            - trails
- garden “rooms”

Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Ipswich, MA:
            - paddling/canoe, picnicking, bird watching, butterfly/other specified gardens.

Den Rock Park, Lawrence, MA
-       rock climbing
-       trails

Maudslay State Park, Newburyport, MA:
-       bald eagle sightings 
-       Garden, trails, bridges

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury, MA:
            - free public programs: kayaking, photography, “behind the scenes” tours, and nature kids
            - trails
            - http://www.fws.gov/refuge/parker_river/

Plum Island, Newburyport, MA:
            - public beaches, boardwalks in the Refuge that takes you through the dunes, tidal
               marshes, and hundreds of beach-plum bushes growing everywhere on the island


Appleton Farms, Ipswich, MA
-       Appleton Farms is one of the oldest operating farms in the country.
-       It has been established and maintained by nine generations of the Appleton family.
-       Appleton Farms Grass Rides
-       Six miles of footpaths, bridle paths, and farm roads (easy walking)
-       “green” transformation of the Appleton family home, the Old House

Crane Beach on the Crane Estate, Ipswich, MA:
-       5.5 miles of trails traverse dunes and track the beachfront on both the Ipswich Bay and Essex River Estuary sides of the Castle Neck peninsula.
-       Castle Neck is the site of the North Shore’s largest pitch pine forest
-       Crane Beach is also among the world’s most important nesting sites for piping plovers, a threatened bird that was nearly hunted to extinction in the 19th century for its eggs and feathers

Ravenswood Park, Gloucester, MA:
-       landscape of hemlock groves, a magnolia swamp, and other trees species where you’ll find remnants of a colonial habitat 
-       10 miles of carriage paths and trails
-       trekking to the overlook to Gloucester Harbor or traversing the boardwalk through the Great Magnolia Swamp

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