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:
Long Hill and Sedgwick Gardens, Beverly, MA:
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14-acre hillside
property
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trails
- garden “rooms”
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, Ipswich, MA:
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paddling/canoe, picnicking, bird watching, butterfly/other specified gardens.
Den Rock Park, Lawrence, MA
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rock climbing
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trails
Maudslay State Park, Newburyport, MA:
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bald eagle sightings
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Garden, trails, bridges
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury, MA:
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free public programs: kayaking, photography, “behind the scenes” tours, and nature kids
- trails
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
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Appleton Farms is one of the oldest operating farms in the
country.
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It has been established
and maintained by nine generations of the Appleton family.
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Appleton Farms Grass Rides
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Six miles of footpaths, bridle paths, and farm roads (easy
walking)
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“green” transformation of the Appleton family home, the Old House
Crane Beach on the Crane Estate, Ipswich, MA:
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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.
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Castle Neck is the site of the North Shore’s largest pitch pine
forest
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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:
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landscape of hemlock groves, a
magnolia swamp, and other trees species where you’ll find remnants of a colonial
habitat
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10 miles of carriage paths and trails
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trekking to the overlook to Gloucester Harbor or traversing the
boardwalk through the Great Magnolia Swamp
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