Today was a Plan B day. I thought I was going to see some gardens in Wellesley, but they were having a sunflower event, where for $22 you could see their field of sunflowers (which I did on the drive in) and also be able to pick some. I decided maybe I’d wait to visit until after the event. Another item on my to do list was Houghton’s Pond Recreation Area, so I headed there instead.
Houghton’s Pond is located on the outskirts of Milton, MA, which is southeast of Needham and almost directly south of Boston. It is an awesome park for swimming, canoeing, hiking, mountain biking, and horse back riding. There were lots of folks out enjoying the park — mostly near the water.
I had a good, if rock abundant, 1.5 hour hike, mostly shaded. I have to say that if I were to be here longer and do more hiking, I might invest in a bug hat that I have seen a few people with. It has netting over your face to keep the bugs out. There just always seems to be a couple of midges or some tiny type of gnat type bug that follow you through your hike.
I did all of the green route and an out and back
on the red and blue route to go to the summit.
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