F. Gilbert Hills State Forest

April 5, 2020 Sunny

F. Gilbert Hills is a pine and oak forest located in Foxboro and Wrentham.

We parked on the southern side of the park at the Main Entrance for a roughly 2.5 mile walk. As we entered the forest we noticed some boxes up in the trees and thought they might be for birds. But they are actually bat boxes, something we had never seen before.

We also noticed the forest was littered with boulders.

We followed a wide and easy trail through the woods called the Wolf Meadow path. Throughout the park, trail intersections were clearly marked.

Besides the forest roads, there are also small stone structures like this “watering hole” that probably date from the Great Depression era in the 1930s, when the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) was actively working on projects.

Much of the forest here is filled with boulders as this scene shows.

There are also several small ponds that were very peaceful.

Along one of the roads we found a hollowed out tree with a little arrangement of toys.

The highlight of our walk was reaching the High Rocks area, where we scrambled on and through a field of large boulders.

This state park made for a pleasant walk but the wide dirt road along the ponds was muddy at points.

The highlight here was the field of huge boulders.
It was boring until Ryan slipped in the mud because Jonathan, his walking stick, tripped him.
There were lots of rocks and boulders to climb on.
There was super rocks and boulders and there was also super much moss.