Beautiful oasis of accessible nature close to the city. Just about 7 minutes down the road from Elm Bank Reservation in Wellesley, and 5 past Natick Falls which is also nice enough to say it is a must stop to get out and see, walk, or picnic. A bit of live music may be playing on the library hill and Charles River Coffee is a great place for refreshment or the adjacent hot dog and ice cream stand (that operates on a unique schedule that is unclear)

There's other lical stops in areas including a ridiculously expensive apple orchard /restaraunt but to the point - Broadmoor!

I'd say this is more geared towards a leisurely stroll with plenty of terrain changes from wooden walkways and bridges over water, rocky areas, clear forest surface areas where you aren't pushing fallen trees and branches aside, though there's plenty of areas where you can in you like!

Little streams and of course the start of the Charles and feeding Natick Falls. Nice benches to sit at along the way. Surprisingly few bugs, likely due to the absurd abundance of wildlife competing for full bellies. Turtles everywhere, frogs, birds one doesn't typically see, unique plants one seldom or has never seen. Tracks galore. Quiet, no cars humming by. You can walk for miles and connect with other trails past an apple orchard off property or go in a loop. There's a few waterfalls and bodies or water. One us amidst the remains of an old mill building and other foundations and evidence of man's use of the natural resources here, both pre- and post-Columbian exist if you look and know what to look for - or just use your imagination.

Your personal space is never imposed upon, plenty of room here. Great low price for a date, picnic, stroll with kids and they can run around, free parking and I thing I'd you have an EBT card there's a program that allows you to go for free (I'd call first). Between this and the aforementioned places just get on rte 16 and go west and these delightful places will make for a lovely full-day flowering spring-day, shaded summer cooldown, and/or a blow-your-mind enchanting and romantic fall adventure. As always, Rock On!

My scale: *Suuuuuuuuckkkssss **Place cannot even meet reasonable expectations ***Was what it was expected, nothing worth writing home about either way ****Consistently Pleasantly surprised and would recommend *****Exceeds my, and any reasonable persons expectations. Walk away feeling awesome.

(Lots of wonderful places only get 4 stars from me, they may be 5 stars by most, but I don't just throw 5 stars around as a standard if a place was good - if I give you 5 it's exceptional)