Backpacker Magazine: Boston: Backpacking and Camping Trips, Hikes, Adventures, Topo Maps, Aerial Photos.

Boston: Prospect Hill Loop

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Hop off the bus for a 12.6-miler through red-maple swamps and old-growth forest filled with deer, grouse, and turkeys.

Boston: Wachusett Mountain Loop

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This 5.8-mile loop takes you through a 400-year-old forest to summit the highest Bay State peak east of the Berkshires.

Boston, MA: Blue Hills Skyline Trail Loop

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On this 6-mile loop in Blue Hills Reservation, you'll see dense hardwoods, meadows, ponds, glacial leftovers, rocky hills, and sweeping views of Boston.

Boston, MA: Ponkapoag Pond Loop

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This scenic 4.1-mile hike in the Blue Hills Reservation loops under pines and passes by a rare Atlantic white cedar bog, home to 17 endangered species.

Boston: Mt. Moosilauke

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This 7.3-mile loop hike takes you up a steep, rocky trail to an exposed, treeless summit that's the southwesternmost high peak in the White Mountains, and one of the prettiest.

Boston: Mount Madison

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This steep 7.8-mile hike climbs through deep forest and alpine tundra to the summit of one of New Hampshire's famed Presidentials for views as far as Maine.

Boston, MA: Wompatuck State Park

Hike or bike the labyrinthine trail system in Wompatuck State Park near Boston.

Boston, MA: Fells Mountain Bike Trail

This 6.3-mile loop skirts three reservoirs, cuts through forests of oak, hemlock, and birch in 2,060-acre Middlesex Fells Reservation.

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