As mentioned a while ago, I’d never checked out the Joe English land or the Peabody Mill Environmental Center. I recently rectified that.
I took my folks there for a short hike over Thanksgiving weekend. I can’t say we fully explored it, but I liked what I saw. The land has a more rugged, wild look [...]

The city’s parks and rec department plans weekly snowshoe outings this winter in Mine Falls Park, assuming we get snow.
The city isn’t offering much: it’s bring your own snowshoes, there’s no mention of instruction and the program runs on Fridays at 9 a.m. That will work well for some folks, but not those of us who work [...]

It took two visits, but I believe I have fully explored the area’s newest trail system, the Horse Hill Nature Preserve in Merrimack.
I like it a lot, and we all owe thanks to the voters and taxpayers of Merrimack for making it possible.

My only quibble is with the name, but more on that later.
It’s a [...]

I had never heard of the Peabody Mill Environmental Center until just this morning. It sounds like a neat place.
 
It’s odd it had escaped my notice. The Telegraph has mentioned it many times, our own archives show, and it’s my kind of place… all about the outdoors. It’s a town-run operation, located at the end of Brook [...]

In case anyone missed it, my colleague Karen Lovett wrote up a nice article on the area’s newest official conservation and recreation area, Merrimack’s Horse Hill Nature Preserve.
The area’s trails have long been used (and occasionally misused), but now there’s even a parking area, making it easier for folks from out of town to check it [...]

If it weren’t for going out after dark, I wouldn’t get out much at all this time of year. Dawn sleeps late, and I leave work under cover of darkness.
So, I’ve been bicycling with the aid of a headlight (and have learned to carry a back-up) on local trails, and I find I’m not [...]