Dates visited: 11/13/2024 & 11/15/2024

We arrived to the center of town via the Tri-Community Trail. We veered off the trail, and headed to Winchester Town Common before walking around the town. There is a river walk with some sculptures. One sculpture looked familiar! I thought the downtown area was pretty nice, and it made for a good walk on a chilly day.

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We returned two days later to walk the next section of the Tri-Community Trail. We again veered off the trail a bit in the downtown area and took additional pictures.

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Dates visited: 11/13/2024 & 11/15/2024

See Also: Stoneham, Woburn, Winchester

This is the southern end of this multi-town trail. The trail starts at the Wedgemere Train Station and heads into Downtown Winchester.

We returned two days later to walk more of the trail. We picked up where we left off in Downtown Winchester. There are some interesting sculptures right along the trail. At the high school, the trail splits off in two directions. One heads to Woburn and Stoneham, the other goes to Horn Pond. We took the trail to the pond. This section is also known as the "Horn Pond Bike Way". The dedicated bike trail ends in a few places, and the route follows a side street, but this portion also includes sidewalks for pedestrians. After exploring the pond, we headed back, but veered off the trail in downtown Winchester to explore some more, before calling it a day after 4.6 miles. We still have one more section to go in order to complete the trail.

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Date visited: 11/13/2024

This is a state park that runs along the east side of the Mystic Lakes in Winchester and Medford. There is a trail that runs along side the lake, and another that runs along the side of the street. We started in Winchester and headed north, past Shannon Beach, a sandy swimming spot on the lake. At the north end of the lake, we crossed Mystic Valley Parkway, over to the Wedgemere Train Station, to the start of the Tri-Community Trail and Downtown Winchester.