World's End

Thank you to everyone who came out to World's End this morning! We walked for about two hours and covered 4.5 miles. The scenery included marshes, long fields of Black-eyed Susans and Sweet Joe Pye Weed, and rocky beaches with views of Boston and various harbor islands. After the walk, we commandeered two picnic tables (and a bench) for a lunch in the shade. This is what summer is about. Till next time! Share your pics: https://photos.app.goo.gl/kdW6gPc6AxAt8bnJ8 Share your favorite gay movies here: https://forms.gle/kEzJt1s8GVYtvA1u9

Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect who famously conceived of Boston’s 1,100-acre Emerald Necklace, designed a residential subdivision for this small peninsula in Hingham, MA.  The roads and trees were placed based on his design, but the land remained open.  Two-thirds of it was eventually acquired by a group of locals who did not want to see it developed, and the Trustees of Reservations took over management of the land in the 1960s.  The park, World’s End, now features 400+ acres of rolling drumlins and rocky shoreline, with iconic views of Boston. 

We will be doing a 4-mile loop through the park.  It should take about two hours, and after that we will find a shady place to have a picnic—so bring your lunch!  You have to reserve a parking spot, and it is $15 unless you are a Trustee member.  Our meeting place will be at Stop & Shop on Lincoln Street in Hingham at 8:30 am.  We will meet at the backside of the Stop & Shop parking lot across from the 99 Restaurant (see screenshot below).  From there, we can carpool over to World’s End, which is about 10 minutes away.  I am a member of the Trustees and have booked a spot for 9 am, which I can share with up to four other people.  Depending on interest, we can determine if additional reservations are needed.  I hope you can join us!

• Trustee’s website: https://thetrustees.org/place/worlds-end-hingham/
• AllTrails map: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/massachusetts/worlds-end-trail
• Address for our meeting place at Stop & Shop: 400 Lincoln St, Hingham, MA 02043
• Address if going directly to World’s End: Martins Ln, Hingham, MA 02043