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Lynn Woods Reservation
- Nearest Transit:
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Walnut St Opp Jefferson Ave (429)
Walnut St @ Jefferson Ave (429)
Walnut St Opp Edison St (429)
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
15 reviews for Lynn Woods Reservation
15 reviews in English
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Review from Fab W.
Cambridge, MA
8/17/2011
One of Lynn's best "kept secrets"! The Lynn Woods have an abundance in activities, trails - on and off the beaten path, sights and sounds, and a great enclosed doggie park, all easily accessible within a 10 min walk from the parking lot.
Make a day of it with the family or a group of friends, you'll be pleasantly surprised by yet another Lynn special!
Suck it, Salem!!! Mwahahahaha :D -
Review from Laura H.
Lynn, MA
Anyone who claims Lynn is trashy or a complete dump has clearly never been to Lynn Woods.
Beautiful place for a walk, run or bike ride. Trails are clean, plenty of wild birds and other small animals to spot, & most of the fellow trail-goers will exchange a friendly "hi" while passing by. Stone Tower is awesome, if it is open and you can climb the spiral staircase to the top it offers an amazing view.
Great natural beauty hidden inside the well known "sin city", haha.
I recommend anyone who enjoys hiking/walking/biking or anyone who wants some fresh air to check out Lynn woods. It's free, close & beautiful, what more could you ask for really? -
Review from Joey N.
Lynn, MA
5/17/2011
It's a bit of a hidden treasure. Despite Lynn being a large city, Lynn Woods itself is surprisingly light with visitors. It's a large natural area, and it's free and convenient. It's a great place for a nature walk, trail running, and mountain biking which I've done here extensively. With miles of trails you could spend the whole day here. There's a great view of Boston from Steel Tower and Dungeon Rock is a great place to explore (bring a flashlight).
The woods is great all times of the year. Be wary in springtime as the trails may be covered with dog poo, revealed with the receding snow. Seriously folks, pick up after your dogs.
I'm a frequent visitor of the White Mountains so it's nice to have something close to home when I don't want to make the 2.5 hour drive. -
Review from Erik L.
Chicago, IL
5/20/2007
The Lynn Woods Reservation offers great nature walks relatively close to Boston. Its very convenient by car, up Rte 1 North and turn off on Walnut St. From downtown Boston it should take you no more than 15 minutes (not counting traffic). I'm not sure how to get here by public transport though. My guess is its not that easy.
However, if you do get here, you'll find its surprisingly nice. The place itself its quite big, with sufficient trails to keep you interested for many visits. You can walk here for a few hours easily. The topography is slightly hilly, and you'll find water, trees, and boulders all around so you really have the feeling of being outside of the city. We even wandered off the trails a few times and got into some semi-serious rock climbing (not a rock-climbing expert, some of you might laugh at this). By chance we mostly went here during winter times, so I have fond memories of snow-covered grounds and chilly winds in my face, ice on the water, etc.
There isn't much around here otherwise, except for all the stuff on Route 1 (none of which seems particularly attractive). But I'd say its worth a trip by itself for sure, or if you're planning or need to go to Square One Mall in Saugus for some reason, the Lynn Woods are close enough.Listed in: Stompin' the dirt
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Review from Chrissy H.
Revere, MA
5/21/2009
Think Lynn has nothing to offer? Wrong. These woods are in my top 5 favorite places in the Boston area. Dungeon rock... awesome and spooky. Bring a head lamp or a flashlight or something because it is pretty impossible to explore it without artificial light.
I have walked around corners to find myself face to face with deer, skunks, and lots of other wildlife. One time we came around the bend and about 20 deer took off running in the opposite direction.
Try to get a map at the park gate because there are numerous paths, and if you have no sense of direction like me, you may get lost.
Totally worth the trip! I promise.Listed in: North of the Tobin
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Review from Kate G.
Burlington, MA
9/20/2009
This is a hidden treasure smack dab in the middle of Lynn.
And you may find gold in Dungeon Rock if the legend holds true.
This is one of the best places to go hiking and nature seeking in the area. On a nice day you can walk from one side of Lynn to the other then back and come upon a variety of terrain and views. The Woods' trails are used year round for events such as high school cross country, mountain biking and nature walks. The entire area is very well kept, there's an entrance on either end---West or East Lynn. And the parking at both places is easy and also well managed.
I recommend this place for anyone who wants to get away from the big city and enjoy a quiet hike without having to go to the Blue Hills or NH. -
Review from Brian R.
Lynn, MA
9/13/2008 1 Check-in Here
You would never think of this place actually being in Lynn unless someone told you.
The natural beauty up here is unmatched in the North Shore. I went up this past monday and it was clean and the trails were well-kept.
I wish I still had a mountain bike because this place is better than I remembered it as a kid. Take a few hours out of your day on a saturday or sunday and go for a nice walk. Visit Stone Tower (locked), Dungeon Rock (locked) or Steel Tower (inaccessable but you can see all of the sky-line of Boston).
For info:
http://www.flw.org/
http://www.dieselbikes...
http://www.flw.org/dun...Listed in: Excellent Lynn Stops
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Review from Jeff D.
12/6/2009
This is a great place to go hiking and pretend you aren't really in the city but about fifty miles north up in New Hampshire somewhere.
The trails are well maintained from what exploring I've done and it's easy to find maps online though if you stick to the main "roads" you'll do just fine. My first time in I hiked up to Dungeon Rock, which has a few nice steep hills to get your heart moving. Next time I need to bring a flashlight so I can head down inside and explore a bit.
I still haven't made it all the way out to the Wolf Pits yet and based on how waterlogged that trail can be it might have to wait for spring.
Also props to the lady who ignored the "pick up your waste" sign and let two of her nine unleashed dogs shit right near the head of one of the trails. You're lucky you weren't in the parking lot when I got there because you would have received an earful for that AND for having an unmanageable pack of dogs on the loose in a public park. -
Review from Melissa S.
Chelsea, MA
1/7/2010
The place has easy parking, the trails are wide and clear. You can bike there in the summer but not during the off season. There are trails for all different experience levels but most of them are easy to moderate.
The hike to Dungeon Rock is nice and it's really peaceful to sit there and just breathe in the air. -
Review from Hillary M.
Boston, MA
3/18/2008
This is a very pleasant place to spend an afternoon. I found it from a NE hiking link and wanted to check out the Pirate Trail (see this website: http://sne.tripod.com/...). Sadly I had bad directions and entered the park from the north entrance off Great Woods Rd. I think if you enter from the south you can pick up the two pirates trails directly. As it was, I only hiked part of the pirate trail, but I saw a nifty tower, a dungeon rock, and a beautiful lake. The only people I ran into were other dog walkers, none of us actually following the rules and keeping our mutts leashed. I'm looking forward to going back, possibly near Halloween to scare myself with some pirate lore.
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Review from Rebecca D.
Framingham, MA
6/3/2008 5 photos
I had a blast hiking around Lynn Woods. They have both 'unpaved roads' for the mild hikers, and 'paths' for the more adventurous. My friends and I hiked for three hours (mainly on paths) and barely ran into anyone, even though the parking lot was full. It was nice to escape the city, and it's only about a 25 minute drive away. We also only explored about 1/3 of the paths that we wanted too, so there's tons of stuff left for future visits.
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Review from Nick D.
San Francisco, CA
8/23/2008
Just finished up a trail ride here. This place is amazingly beautiful and has a good variety of trails to choose from. Who knew this place would be in Lynn?
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Review from Jocelyn G.
Boston, MA
3/10/2010
An awesome resource tucked away in Lynn, the Lynn Woods provides a great place for people to go and explore a lot of different environments in one park. The cave was closed when I stopped by, but looks to be very interesting.
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Review from Bradley R.
Chelsea, MA
11/9/2009
This is a great place to go for a nice walk or hike. It wasn't too hard to find off Route 1 although it is tucked away on a residential street (main entrance).
My biggest complaint is that they don't have maps readily available anywhere. There isn't a big one posted at the trail head, there aren't color ones online, there aren't any color maps anywhere that we've been able to find. Being in color is sort of important as the trails are color coded.
So be prepared to wander around. We managed to not get lost but we did go for a much longer walk than we had planned to. -
Review from Stephanie B.
Lynn, MA
1/10/2010
2nd largest city park in the Boston area with 2200 acres of trails and history, and Lynn Woods totally rocks. Easy to find, even for the directionally inept like me, with a big sign pointing out the Great Woods entrance off the main drag in this coastal city. Yeah, it could be funded better, with maps and trail blazes, but the map is downloadable on line and the hikes and the views kick ass. Have been here several times and still haven't seen all the trails. This place gets plenty of traffic all year round. Bring your friendly beasts, cuz there are lots and lots of dogs here, but please pick up after them ok? Anything else would just be rude.
