
Bellevue Pond, Pine Hill and the Quarries of Middlesex Fells with Doug Heath
Friday, July 8, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Difficulty: Moderate
Appropriate for: All
Leader: Doug Heath
About the hike: Join us to hike along centuries-old roads and explore quarries that produced stone used to build the Cradock Bridge over the Mystic River and walkways of the Boston Common. Along the way we will learn about the creation of Bellevue Pond and the building of Wright's Tower on Pine Hill.
Open to all able to walk on wooded trails. Parts of the tour are not handicap accessible.
Questions may be addressed to Doug Heath at 781-417-9766 or dougheath28@hotmail.com
His books, co-authored with Alison Simcox, include Middlesex Fells, The Lost Village of Middlesex Fells, Trail Guide for Virginia Wood and Haywardville, Murder at Breakheart Hill Farm, Breakheart Reservation and Lake Quannapowitt. Copies of Middlesex Fells and The Lost Mill Village of Middlesex Fells may be purchased together for a special discount price of $30.
Steady rain cancels. Light rain is ok.
Contact: friends@fells.org, dougheath28@hotmail.com
Please note that space is strictly limited, and pre-registration will be required for all of our 2022 group events (no on-site registrations will be permitted).
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