Boston has declared a heat emergency through Wednesday of this week. Apparently this occurs when the heat index exceeds 95 for two consecutive days. I don’t know if Needham falls into that or not, but it is to be in the 90s here for a few days. It made for a good day for a morning, mostly shaded hike in Cutler Park.
Cutler Park is a 600 acre park that protects the largest freshwater marsh on the middle Charles River. It has hills formed by glaciers and Kendrick Pond. It seems to be a popular park, as there were a number of hikers and runners out, especially on the shorter trail around Kendrick Pond. One of the trails through Cutler Park is the Blue Heron Trail, which is 6.9 miles long and runs through both Cutler Park and Millennium Park in Needham.
I had to refer back to the map below on my phone while I hiked to ensure I was where I thought I was. There were some blue blazes on trees, but they were not very frequent. Also,the map has some numbers noted along the route that would have been super helpful for way marking. I only saw two during my hike (#40 — which was very helpful in determining where exactly I was and #34).
I only did the trail around Kendrick Pond and then down and over to Powell’s Island before looping back up towards the parking area near Kendrick Pond.
Did not see any bikers.
not the numbers. Since the map had numbers,
it would have been helpful to have actually had those
on the route.
to the Kendrick Street parking area for the park
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