Wednesday, 12 March 2025, A late winter hike – Exploring Wellesley, North of Route 9
Hike Leader: Susan Sabin
~5.7 miles, 10:00 am start from Wellesley, MA
Hikers (12): Susan, Aiko Pinkoski, Annemarie Altman, Eileen Maloney, Judy Perrin, Marie Keutmann, Mark Friedman, Phyllis Evan, Renee Rees, Susan Broome, Zach Woods, and first-timer Jamie Merritt-O'Toole.
We headed north from the Longfellow Pond parking lot, along the western edge of the pond. The pond is man-made, put into use to expand the successful production of paper that had already begun in Newton Lower Falls and Wellesley in the 19th century.
The wooded reservation is interrupted by Route 9, which we crossed before heading back into the woods and continuing to Lower Falls. There, we stopped to note the sites of several industries (curing of leather and production of paint and paper) that used and polluted the Charles River.
After a picnic break, we headed back to our cars by a somewhat different route. The weather smiled on us all the way and we, in good spirits and friendship, all smiled back.
Report by Susan Sabin.
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