
Meet DCR Ranger Dan B. at Houghton’s Pond Visitor Center at 9:20 to get started on time!
Forest fires have impacted these hills for as long as humans have lived here. Discover the history of fires in the Blue Hills, what was done right and wrong to fight them, and what impact climate change has for fighting fires in Massachusetts in the future. A gentle, all–ages 2-mile walk.

Meet DCR Ranger Dan B. at Houghton’s Pond Visitor Center at 9:20 to get started on time!
Forest fires have impacted these hills for as long as humans have lived here. Discover the history of fires in the Blue Hills, what was done right and wrong to fight them, and what impact climate change has for fighting fires in Massachusetts in the future. A gentle, all–ages 2-mile walk.