The greens were so vibrant today! 🌿 Use #lovebluehills and tag us to be featured!

Thank you @lisadfollowme for showing us your adorable puppy🐶 Use #lovebluehills to be featured! 🌲

Thank you @eddie6751 for this stunning picture of the Skyline Trail. You really captured the magic of nature! 🌱To be featured on our Instagram tag us and use the hashtag #lovebluehills 🌱

Thanks to the Milton Key Club for pulling garlic mustard today at Ponkapoag Pond… their hard work is improving the habitat for wildlife!

Another fire burned in the #BlueHillsReservation last weekend. Check our bio for a link to info on how fires impact the Blue Hills ecosystem. Thanks to Daniel Green for the photo. #wildfire #bluehills #quincyma #staysafe

Thanks to the great team from @woodardcurran for helping to care for the trails last week. YOU can help the trails too. Just check our bio for a link to sign up for events... including an opportunity this Saturday! #supervolunteers #trailmaintenence #volunteeringoutdoors #lovebluehills #bluehillsreservation #hikingtrail #givingback

Have you started to see butterflies in the Blue Hills? Tag us and use #lovebluehills to show us what you see in the Blue Hills and to be featured on our Instagram! Thanks to Garry Kessler for this photo.

Such a great view by @eddie6751 ! If you have a photo of a great Blue Hills view to share, why not enter it in our free photo contest! See bio for link.

Do you know someone who loves working with databases... and thrives on technical challenges? We're looking for a part-time Membership Coordinator to join our team. Please help us spread the word. See link in bio.

Have you seen your first lady’s slipper this season? Thanks for @mlafleurgoetz for giving us a glimpse! Tag us and use #lovebluehills to show us what you see in the Blue Hills and be featured on our Instagram.

Did you lose a camera with its case? A nice one was found in the Blue Hills, and we would love to give it back to it's owner! Check our lost and found page, and let us know! https://friendsofthebluehills.org/lost-found Thanks to Benita Ross for the photo.

Lots of folks enjoy the Blue Hills! Tag us and use #lovebluehills to be featured on our Instagram! Thanks to @jerrywentzell for sharing a pic of one of his hiking buddies.

Want something fun to do after work or school? Join us for a Beginner Hike next Tuesday, May 17th at 4:30 pm. Check our bio for the link to sign up! #bluehillsreservation #miltonma #cantonma #randolphma #hikingday #hikingtrip #adventure #hikingadventure #hikingtrails #naturelovers

Have you been enjoying the blooms in the Blue Hills, as @lornajeanruby says in her caption to this photo? Tag us and use #lovebluehills to show us the flowers of the Blue Hills… and to be featured on our Instagram!

Another fire last weekend. This one burned over 60 acres. They were making sure all the ‘hotspots’ were out this morning. See link in our bio for info about the fires. Thanks to Charlie Crosby for the photo.

Wishing mothers of all species a wonderful day! Thanks to @l3o.he 3o.he for the great photo.

Visiting the Blue Hills for Mother's Day weekend? Don't forget to tag us and use #lovebluehills to be featured on our Instagram! #Mothersday #hikingwithmom #Blu#bluehillsreservatiom

Woohoo! @rootsontrail received the 125-Mile Club patch because he explored every mile of trail in the park! Want to join the Challenge? See link in bio to learn more!

Curious about the fires in the Blue Hills that have burned dozens of acres? They actually have some benefits to the ecology… See link in our bio to see the map of the fires and learn more. Photo: Charlie Crosby.

Thanks to @eddie6751 for sharing such a magical pic with us! Tag us and use #lovebluehills to be featured on our Instagram!

Thanks to @verticalfreedom for sharing the Blue Hills light! To share your photos, tag us and use #lovebluehills.

Over 100 amazing volunteers pulled more than 50 bags of garlic mustard today at Ponkapoag Pond. Thank you for caring for the forest!

Today is the last day to take the visitor survey! Whether you visit with friends (four-legged or otherwise), or by yourself, we want to know what you think! See link in bio! Thanks to @jerrywentzell for the pic of one of his hiking buddies.

Are you joining us this Sunday, May 1st to help care for the forest? Hope so! Enjoy music, crafts... and pulling an invasive weed, garlic mustard! See our bio for the link to sign up!

Thanks to @thermofisherscientific volunteers for helping to keep the forests by removing invasive plants! They were also protecting an historic site in the Blue Hills, the former Civilian Conservation Corps camp. Many thanks!

Have you been enjoying the spring flowers? Thanks to @lornajeanruby for sharing her photo with us! Tag us and use #lovebluehills to be featured on our Instagram.

So many volunteers.... so many people to thank! We had two great groups of trail volunteers on Saturday for #DCRParkServe and #EarthDay. See our bio for the link to sign up for trail maintenance events!

Join us this Sunday to help care for the forest! See link in our bio.

A big thank you to our volunteers for staffing a table at an #EarthDay event today! If you want to help out… there are lots of opportunities to volunteer! Just IM us to learn more!

Thanks to @dana.smith.02169 for sharing his view of St. Moritz, part of the Blue Hills in Quincy. Tag us and use #lovebluehills to share what you see… and be featured on our Instagram!

Thank you to volunteers from RA Capital for helping to remove invasive plants to protect endangered species habitat. Want to help too? Join us on May 1st for Green Up the Blue Hills! See link in bio to sign up!

Thank you to David Fitzpatrick for this wonderful picture he submitted to the photo contest, and thank you to our amazing sponsors tagged in the second photo! Are you interested in entering or voting for photos? Click the link in our bio! #friendsofthebluehills #lovebluehills #bluehillsreservation

Have you signed up for Green Up the Blue Hills yet? This springtime fun event not only keeps the Blue Hills healthy by removing invasive plants, but also provides a great opportunity for the community to come together! Sign up and learn more at the link in our bio. Thanks to Mary Galli for this great photo! #lovebluehills #bluehillsreservation #bluehills

Do you visit the Blue Hills? If so, be sure to help us out and fill out the visitors survey! Getting your feedback will help us improve the park and enhance your experience. Click the link in our bio to participate in this quick and easy survey! #lovebluehills #bluehills #bluehillsreservation

If you've had the chance to take any pictures in the Blue Hills during this awesome stretch of weather, make sure to enter them in our FREE photo contest! There are chances to win some really cool prizes. Click the link in our bio to enter or vote for photos, like this one by Kevin Kee! #lovebluehills #bluehills #hikebluehills

Are you interested in doing your part to keep the Blue Hills clean and healthy? If so, sign up for a trail maintenance event with the link in our bio! There are plenty of opportunities to help make a difference. Comment below if you’ve participated in a trail clean up event before! #lovebluehills #bluehills #bluehillsreservation

Thank you to those who attended April 9th's guided hike through the Blue Hills! Have you attended a guided hike before? If so, comment below and tell us how it was! #lovebluehills #hikebluehills #bluehillsreservation

Thanks to everyone who hiked with us last weekend! To receive invites to the next hike, sign up with the link in our bio.

This misty photo was submitted to our 2022 photo contest by Mark Miniutti. Click the link in our bio for more info. #lovebluehills #Bostonhike #bostonnature

Wow. @rootsontrail finished the 125-Mile Club Challenge by hiking all the trails in the park! Awesome work! (@rootsontrail , you definitely earned the patch!) If YOU want to challenge yourself, check the link in our bio and sign up for the 125-Mile Club today!

Thank you to our volunteers from Dunkin Brands for doing a trash pickup this past weekend! Have you signed up for a cleanup yet? Make sure to check out the calendar for plenty of opportunities in the upcoming month! #bluehills #bluehillsreservation #hikebluehills

Gloomy days like today make it hard to get outside. But as the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers! For example, this Queen Anne's Lace, which is actually a form of wild carrot! What thing about spring are YOU most looking forward to? Comment below! #lovebluehills #bluehillsreservation #newenglandhikes

Thank you to everyone who attended the Poo-lution Solution training on April 2nd! The dedication of these volunteers helps keep the ecosystems of the Blue Hills healthy. And we all benefit from that! #lovebluehills #bluehillsreservation #doghike

Thanks to Catherine Buettner of Canton for submitting this amazing view of the Blue Hills to our free photo contest! Check your bio for the link to enter your own photo or vote for your favorite!

Do you visit the Blue Hills? Please check the link in our bio and take the visitor survey! Thanks to @lornajeanruby for showing us the light!

Thanks to @lifewithrhett for entering this awesome photo in our free photo contest! Check our bio for the link to enter your photo today.

hope you all get out and enjoy the springish type weather today with a hike. Photo by @eddie6751 #Bostonhike #lovebluehills

Do you visit the Blue Hills… with or without four-legged friends? Please take our visitor survey! You’ll find the link in our bio. Your responses will help everybody enjoy the park! Thanks to @jerrywentzell for sharing this photo of his hiking companions.