Rehoboth State Forest

May 31, 2020 Sunny

Rehoboth State Forest is a small forest in southeastern Massachusetts. It has a 1 mile loop trail with a spur to an Atlantic cedar swamp.

We took the Pine Loop trail, which goes through a dense and shaded forest. Although the trail is clearly marked, it’s also quite rocky and full of roots, as you can see below, so you need to watch your footing.

The day we visited, the spur trail to the swamp was too muddy and wet to pass, so we stayed on the loop trail instead. This was a big disappointment as it was the star attraction, but we did catch sight of a few stray Atlantic cedar trees in the forest.

Another strange thing is that on the “pine loop” we found very few pines, and mostly deciduous trees instead.

As we continued, we had step around muddy areas with makeshift bridges like this.

I have to say we found this park very disappointing. The loop trail was mostly level, muddy, and looked pretty much the same for the entire mile. The swamp could not be approached and there were no boardwalks along the trail.

This forest might be more interesting as a local attraction in drier times, but doesn’t offer much for other visitors.

This small forest has a 1 mile loop trail with a spur to the Atlantic cedar swamp. But it was very muddy on our visit and we couldn’t get to the swamp.
It’s a small trail with nothing special to see.
First, we went on the Pine Loop Trail, which had no pine trees. Then, we went on the Cedar Swamp Trail, but it wasn’t a swamp — just mud. 2/10 very disappointing.
Just another forest, but there was mud.
We went on the Pine loop and there was no pine trees. We tried to go in the Cedar swamp, but it was just a regular, muddy swamp.