There's a saying that plans are meant to change, and that's especially true in the outdoors
where little things like unexpected snowstorms are most apt to happen. Because of just such a
storm, we decided to save our planned hike of Holden's Eagle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary
for another day and instead take a walk through some of the nearby green spaces (or should
I say "white spaces") right here in Worcester.
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Our first destination was Clark's own Hadwen Arboretum, just a short 15-20 minute walk from campus.
The falling snow was starting to taper off and the winds were very calm, so despite temperatures in the mid-20s
the conditions did not feel very cold.
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We proceeded across the Arboretum and past Clark's well secluded varsity softball field, bringing us to
another trail leading to the shore of Coes Reservoir at Columbus Park. This is where we'd gone canoeing
a couple of months earlier (Oct. 5th) on a warm, sunny Wednesday afternoon.
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After looping around Columbus Park and back through the Arboretum, we continued northward to Newton Hill
across from Elm Park. When we arrived, we proceeded down the Old Cart Path Trail; the lowest of several trails
circling the hill.
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We then followed the Newton Trail up to the summit of the hill, which is marked by an old flag pole at the center
of an open field. By this time the snowfall had ended and skies were just beginning to brighten up a little.
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Descending Newton Hill along the East/West trail provided a nice view of Elm Park below us.
The trail led us down to Park Ave., which we followed back to campus and concluded our outing.
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There's a saying that plans are meant to change, and that's especially true in the outdoors
where little things like unexpected snowstorms are most apt to happen. Because of just such a
storm, we decided to save our planned hike of Holden's Eagle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary
for another day and instead take a walk through some of the nearby green spaces (or should
I say "white spaces") right here in Worcester.
We proceeded across the Arboretum and past Clark's well secluded varsity softball field, bringing us to
another trail leading to the shore of Coes Reservoir at Columbus Park. This is where we'd gone canoeing
a couple of months earlier (Oct. 5th) on a warm, sunny Wednesday afternoon.
We then followed the Newton Trail up to the summit of the hill, which is marked by an old flag pole at the center
of an open field. By this time the snowfall had ended and skies were just beginning to brighten up a little.
Descending Newton Hill along the East/West trail provided a nice view of Elm Park below us.
The trail led us down to Park Ave., which we followed back to campus and concluded our outing.