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Join us out on the trails in Haverhill in 2024! Greenbelt is excited to organize a series of hikes on local Haverhill properties. Enjoy a variety of hikes on city-owned land and Greenbelt-conserved land while we explore the diversity of Haverhill.
All events are FREE! Please register in advance (and check back often for registration links as the year unfolds) so we can get in touch with the latest on parking and weather for each outing.
We look forward to seeing you out on the trails!
Wednesday, June 19, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
An easy evening stroll
An easy stroll around Lake Pentucket (also known as Round Pond) on the eve before the summer solstice. Photographer Adrian
Scholes will be on hand to give guidance on how to capture memorable photos on your phone as daylight turns to dusk over the still waters.
Saturday, July 20, 10:30 – 12:00 pm
Tour downtown Haverhill’s riverwalk and a section of the Bradford Rail Trail as part of this urban nature walk with John Macone,
Policy & Education Specialist at the Merrimack River Watershed Council.
Thursday, August 15, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
John’s Woods, A Moderate Hike for Families
Explore a different area of Tattersall Farm by driving a little further up North Broadway from the Farm to John’s Woods. This will be a nice, easy loop
hike, approximately 1 mile, great for families or those looking for a shorter walk (though the trail will still have uneven areas). Explore the woods and a surprise field. Carpooling is
recommended.
Registration link available soon- please check back
Thursday, September 19, 10:00 – 11:30 am
Tattersall Farm / Senior Stroll
Enjoy a lovely fall walk through the fields and woods at this historic Haverhill farm. This is a short, easy walk, only about 1.5 miles roundtrip through the
quiet woods. Please, no dogs on this hike, thank you.
Registration link available soon- please check back
Thursday, September 19, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Riverside Trail: An Easy Hike for Families
Visit the new and improved walking and biking trail behind Haverhill Stadium along the Merrimack River. The Riverside Park Connector Trail will begin at the back of the park and stretch along the river’s shoreline and through the woods for about a half mile to the Groveland (Bates) Bridge. The 10-foot wide nature trail will split into two paths at various points, providing a disability-accessible asphalt surface on one stretch and a stone-dust or natural dirt surface on another.
Registration link available soon- please check back
Saturday, October 19, 9:30 – 11:30 am
Clement Farm: An Easy to Moderate Hike
This historic 53-acre site runs above and parallel to the Little River, a waterway that was used as a main transportation pathway for Haverhill’s indigenous people. Extensive pine groves provide great habitat for vocal birds that call this area home. Danial Speers, Chairperson of Haverhill’s Native American Task Force and the city’s poet laureate, will recite a poem in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day before we proceed on this 1.5 mile trail.
Registration link available soon- please check back
Saturday, November 16, 9:30 – 11:30 am
Meadow Brook: A Moderate Hike
This robust hike in this beautiful conservation area will cover the trails-less-traveled. Don Cox, of Old Wild
Farm, is continuing a farming tradition that began on the land abutting Meadow Brook in 1706. Don knows this land well given his family's long history as an abutter and will share his knowledge while we take in great views over Millvale Reservoir and traverse wooded trails and some steeper inclines.
Approximate hiking distance 2.5 – 3 miles.
Registration link available soon- please check back
Saturday, December 7, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Willow Spring Vineyards Barn to Sztucinski-Anton Farm Barn
Join us on our final hike of 2024's Let's Hike Haverhill series! We’ll meet at Willow Spring Vineyard, where Vineyard owner Jim Parker will greet us and
lead us on a 1.5 – 2 mile walk from his property to the abutting Sztucinksi-Anton Family Farm, land that’s been farmed since 1922, and permanently protected by the Anton family
and Greenbelt in 2019. We’ll walk through beautiful fields and be greeted at the family barn by Janice Anton. At the completion of the hike,
we’ll head into the Vineyard event space barn and share complimentary charcuterie boards, with wine and beer available for purchase.
Registration link available soon- please check back
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Greenbelt thanks the photographers whose work is featured prominently on our website: Jerry Monkman, Dorothy Monnelly, Adrian Scholes, David Alden St. Pierre & Neil Ungerleider