Adams Farm — Attraction in Medway

Visiting Adams Farm proves that Boston area residents and visitors don't have to travel long distances to get an authentic, scenic, rural New England taste of what you'd typically find in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. With 365 acres of bucolic splendor every step of the way, Adams Farm remains one of the few publicly accessible, pristine community-owned lands in suburban Boston. For starters, the Monarch Trail -- between the big red barn and community gardens -- offers an easy hike that features scenic grassy fields,a footbridge and vernal pool. A few hundred feet from the Monarch Trail is a well developed and defined butterfly garden with, typically, an abundance of butterflies in mid to late summer. Volleyball courts, the only element that stray from the pristine farm concept,nevertheless, remains an unobtrusive, pleasant attraction for those that enjoy the sport. The real appeal of Adams Farm, however, is walking the trails farther in through the forest, en route to pleasing open fields. Here all the typical sounds of suburbia -- vehicle noise, leaf blowers, mowers, construction, etc. -- are left far behind. It's an amazing experience, just hearing the bird chirping while breathing in the farm-fresh air just 18 miles...

The board of Adam’s farm is selective which animals are worth to be protected and which not: they care a lot about their butterflies and birds, but don’t care about other wildlife living there; like the deer which got trapped in the wired metal fence right next to the main entrance, panicked and sadly died of fatal heart attack, what I had to witness earlier this week. Why is such a deadly trap even set up? The committee board of Adam’s farm should care of all wildlife living at Adam’s farm and they should display a much more diligent thought process. Maybe they are not so much into nature, as they would like to make the public belief and...

Adams Farm is a great spot to go for a dog walk. The blue trail is an easy 2 mile loop. There are either lots of people and dogs along the way or literally no one, depending on the day. You feel like you are on a hike in NH or somewhere else and not walking around in Walpole. Everyone I have met has been great on the trails. Some people walk their dogs off leash, which is fine, but some people have no control of their dogs so be careful if your dog or you aren't friendly towards off leash dogs.

Side note: I wish they had a large fenced in area to let our dogs off...