50 Walks, Hikes, Trails & Parks in Natick, MA
Ok, so maybe it's a few less than 50
- Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary
- Charles River - Canoeing and fishing
- Cochituate Rail Trail
- Cochituate State Park
- Coolidge Hill
- Daniel Takawambpait Walking Trail - Parallels Union Street, trailhead at Algonquin Rd.
- Dug Pond - Natick public bathing beach
- Eliot Trail - From Coolidge Field to Memorial School
- J.J. Lane Park - Speen Street beside National Guard Armory
- Jennings Pond - Winter Skating beside the Natick Town Forest
- Marino Lookout Organic Farm in South Natick
- Mary E. & Herbert E. Sherman Nature Preserve - 13 acre wetland preserve at Front Street
- Middlesex Path - Off West Central Street at Fisk Pond
- Natick Community Organic Farm
- Natick Indian Burial Ground - Pond Street downtown
- Natick skateboarding park - West Street near the High School
- Natick Town Common - Summer Concert Series on Monday nights
- Natick Town Forest
- Natick Walks Tour Guide
- Peletiah Morse's Revolutionary War tavern
- Pegan Cove Park and walking trail in memory of Tony Anniballi.
- Pegan Hill Trail - Views of Blue Hills
- Sassamon Trace Golf Course
- Six sidewalk hikes in Natick
- Snake Brook Trail - Cochituate State Park - near Park Office on Commonwealth Ave.
- South Natick Dam, Oldtown Park, and the Natick Praying Indian burial ground at the Bacon Library
- Sudbury Aqueduct - South Natick off Brook Street - Owned by MWRA
- Winter Woods - Winter St. North Natick. Winter Street is a nice little jaunt -- you get to see the Jennison House and the Station Tree, and if you take Winter Street to the end, you get a chunk of Weston thrown into the mix.
- Middlesex Path/Anniballi Trail -- there are a couple of small paths off Middlesex that lead to the commuter rail tracks; a couple of hops and you're on the back side of Pegan Cove.
- Kansas Street to Loker will get you to Arcadia, which is a nice walk in itself; there are a couple of paths that go off Arcadia and along Lake Cochituate.
- The Wethersfield neighborhood is nice, once you get past the Route 9 traffic. It's quiet and has sidewalks, but no true landmarks. You sometimes end up going in circles...
- Up Oak Street, past Route 9, is another quiet neighborhood; go to the Harwood Street area and you'll come across Pickerel Pond and its smaller cousin, Mud Pond. There are trails around Pickerel Pond, but they are not well marked.
- Wellesley Road is nice and long, and sidewalked most of the way. You see a good chunk of Wellesley and Weston along the way, along with Regis College and some nice, nice houses.
- Pond Road is used by runners, walkers and cyclists alike. Not many cars use this road, even though it's an ideal shortcut between 135 and 16.
- Just off Algonquian Road, running south through this new development, there's a path that takes you up to the reservoir and then back toward the southern end of the loop road and onto Union Street. It's a little steep but a good walking path, too; not much traffic at all, and nearly all sidewalked; and possibly the best view of Natick at the top. (see photo below)
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