Massasoit State Park

April 5, 2020 Sunny

Massasoit State Park consists of about 1200 acres largely in Taunton, MA. It has 6 interconnected ponds and numerous cranberry bogs.

In fact, when we parked we immediately started on a trail that began near a cranberry bog.

And with good luck, the cranberries were abundant and floating in the bog, as you can see below. We didn’t sample any, but they definitely looked tempting.

Our walk took us along and around several of the six ponds, starting in a lovely pine forest with soft trails.

Soon the trail led, unexpectedly, onto a sandy beach. A few fellow hikers had brought chairs or were otherwise lounging in the sun.

Beyond this we passed through the camp ground and saw a family fishing and an interesting boulder right in the middle of the pond.

A well graded trail linked to the other ponds and had shiny new benches along the way.

Continuing through the woods we found a small tipi and rested for a minute.

Although much of the walk was alongside the water, it also passed by golden marshy areas.

The farthest stretch of the walk continued along King’s Pond.

And we even found a chin-up bar neatly placed between two tall pine trees.

Nearby was a picnic table looking out over the water. The water was extremely clear and striking against the afternoon sun. On a summer day we could easily imagine splashing around here.

The trail then turned and winded for a long time through pine forests, some with gullies and rolling terrain crisscrossed by mountain bike trails.

Finally we found the wide gravel path connecting several of the ponds and then returned the same way to the car.

The whole family enjoyed this park, both for the novelty of the cranberry bogs and also for the peaceful atmosphere of the pine forests and ponds under the springtime sun.

• It was cool to see a real cranberry bog and enjoy the sunny and serene ponds.
• A large variety of sceneries – bog, dam, lake, woods.
• This was actually so long that it can be compared to the Boston Marathon.
• It was super long but the cranberry bog was cool.
• It was super duper duper duper duper long and I threw some cranberries into the bog.

For more information: Massasoit State Park official site