Heywood Meadow has survived over 370 years in Concord and is a link to Concord’s pre-history as an area used by Native Americans and later to the first English settlement of Concord in 1630’s. Its survival has not been without incident. It was originally part of Concord’s Mill Pond constructed in the early days of [...]

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The North Bridge has been painted and photographed from numerous angles, but there is hardly a more striking view than that from atop Minuteman National Historical Park at the height of summer. The winding river, sloping landscape and blanket of purple loosestrife frames the famous bridge in a near perfect setting. [...]

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My daughters and I have enjoyed a summer of trail exploration. On days of brilliant sun they skip in and out of the shadows created by arching tree limbs and compete as to who will spot the next chipmunk burrowing between stone hideaways.
Clear, beautiful trails are so bountiful in both Concord [...]

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This is one of those unusual spots around town that attracts a combined universe of locals and visitors. Miles of rivers, the same that were traveled by Henry David Thoreau in his time, are open for exploration. The South Bridge Boat House offers those without kayak or canoe the chance to rent for [...]

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In Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic book, Anne of Green Gables, the protagonist, Anne, describes an impossibly beautiful route as the “White Way of Delight”. This footpath is our very own White Way in early Spring. Starting across the street from The Colonial Inn on the opposite site of Lowell Road, it stretches [...]

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