Οι καλύτερες διαδρομές και πεζοπορίες Gloucester

Cressy Beach is the larger of the two beaches located within Stage Fort Park. This scenic, rocky beach overlooks Gloucester Harbor and is a great place to relax and swim or explore and play games in the park. There are restrooms located in the park, just up the grassy hill from the beach, and there is also a privately owned restaurant nearby for you to enjoy.

Goose Cove Reservoir is an attractive freshwater pond and is one of the main sources of water for Gloucester. From this spot on the north end of Goose Cove Reservoir, on top of an earthen dam, you get great views across the clear water; these views are exceptionally nice in the fall when the changing leaves are reflected on the pond's surface. There is a great running loop around the entirety of the pond; it is a popular trail for locals and visitors alike. There are numerous trails off of the semi-paved loop leading into the Dogtown Woods.

Haskell Pond is a large freshwater lake just west of Red Rocks and has miles of trails that encircle it, popular among hikers, runners, and bikers. Keep an eye out for a wide variety of wildlife as you go as well.

Stage Head was a fishing stage, named in 1624. The first fort was built here in 1635. Today it's a state park with two beaches, the reconstructed civil war fort and other leisure infrastructure.

James Babson Museum is a small, one room museum in a historic building dating back to the late 1700s. Opened by Roger Babson in the 1930s, he created a one room museum filled with an extensive collection of tools and artifacts from the area. Currently on display are various antique tools covering over three centuries for trades such as blacksmithing, coopering, and farming that would have been used on Cape Ann. Admission to this small, local museum is free, so there is no reason why not to make a quick stop here before or after exploring the Babson Woods.

Technically the loop around this reservoir is paved, but it's in rough enough shape that a mountain bike isn't a bad choice at all.

Although this area is perhaps better known for the Babson Boulders and their quirky phrases, Dogtown's history extends far past the Great Depression. Dogtown was originally known as the Common Settlement when it was settled in 1693. Within a few decades, there were about 60 to 80 homes in Dogtown, and by the mid-1700s through the American Revolution, there were as many as 100 families in Dogtown. Although none of these early homes remain, you can still make out cellar holes from this period in this area. Babson mapped and numbered these holes in the 1930s with caved rocks that you can see today.

Haskell Pond is a large freshwater lake just west of Red Rocks. There is a network of hiking, trail running, and mountain biking trails around the pond as well as an old public road that once gave access to this city reservoir. As you hike, be on the lookout for bird and other animals, as well as rock climbers working on boulder "problems" (shorter routes on boulders where you do not need ropes, only thick pads below) in the woods surrounding the pond. You can access the trails and old roads around Haskell Pond from the east through Red Rocks or from the north from Essex Ave and Forest Lane.