Mass Audubon's Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary — Attraction in Sharon

Went to the Halloween walk in the woods they hold annually. If you go, or go to any function put on by them, I would imagine it potentially being the same as my experience. Be aware, it was unabashedly steeped in and absolutely dripping with the politics of nature activism and everything is the fault of humans and you, and scare tactics to shamelessly try to indoctrinate the children attendees - who are there to celebrate nature and Halloween together. I too believe in being responsible with resources, recycling, and I am a LEED AP who has a sincere interest in finding way ways that as an engineer I can help conserve energy. Got it. I'm 1000% on board with all of that, and a government agency (the USGBC) certified it to be so by giving me that professional accreditation, recognizing me as a trained individual with expertise to evaluate and design buildings for comprehensive life cycle based energy efficiency. I practice it. I design it. I believe it. But this display, this utterly shameless display of politics aimed at children - was revolting, and disgusting in in every sense to me. I found it offensive. Keep your politics out of Halloween. Better yet, I'll continue to educate my children the way I see fit with regard to energy efficiency and conserving the environment for them and their children's children. I've never been so turned off by anything I've ever attended. And no, I'm not a republican. I'm a registered independent. Anyways have been, always will be. Never will I attend a political agenda driven pitch to children like this again... my goodness. Please keep doing the work you do to help the environment. As for the politics... Eesh, learn when to dial it back 15 notches. You'll actually reach more people who want to...

Nice overall, not that many trails for the size of the area so they repeat quickly if you come here often.

By the way it is 4 bucks for non sharon members to park here unless you have a MA Audubon membership, but you can probably weasel out of it easy enough.

Trails are in pretty good shape overall. Some rocky, a little mud, a ton of bugs 7 months a year, bug spray is a must then, otherwise go home.

A couple trails are closed, and the signature boardwalk is currently underwater in some parts. It is nice when it is not though, about 1/4 mile of boardwalk through a marsh, they have a few shorter ones as well.

There are quite a few people here, buses of kids and other groups even during the weekdays at times. So fun if you like to say hello to diverse people, but bad if you need to pee in the woods. On that note there is a clean restroom centrally located in the main building. Unlike some parks it is not...

This is a great wildlife sanctuary to hike in. I followed the trails up and over Moose Hill then to the Bluff Overlook and the Allen Ledges Chimney. The summit of Moose Hill has no view and the fire tower there is fenced in. The Bluff Overlook looks to the southwest to northwest. You can see Gillette Stadium and way in the distance the tops of skyscrapers in Providence RI. There is a limited view at the Chimney. I got to sample a good selection of the trails here, all the intersections are well marked. There are also sections of boardwalk that keeps you above the muddy swampy areas. There is another section that leads in a different direction than where I went so there is much to explore here. Also for folks with pets they aren't allowed. There is a fee to hike here too unless you belong to the Audubon Society or you're a resident of Sharon. It also has a large parking lot and is not hard to find from nearby...