Summer in Wellesley is a great time to get out and hike the town’s trails. I’d always been curious about that Overbrook Reservation sign at the corner of Route 9 and Weston Rd., so I decided to see what that area, purchased in 1978 by the Town Conservation Commission, was all about. A trail guide I consulted suggested that I could hike along Boulder Brook via a narrow, rough trail at the bottom of a rocky bank. I found the general area easily enough, and Boulder Brook was there alright, but if there ever was a trail in that 10-acre wetland area, it’s long since been taken back by nature. So don’t go there. That’s why you have me, to warn you off such nonsense.
![Overbrook Reservation, Wellesley](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011352/IMG_0448.jpg)
![Kelly Memorial Park, Wellesley](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011354/IMG_0452.jpg)
![Kelly Memorial Park](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011416/IMG_0483.jpg)
![Fairy Rock, Wellesley](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011357/IMG_0458.jpg)
![Kelly Memorial Park area, Wellesley](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011355/IMG_0454.jpg)
![Kelly Memorial Park area](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011359/IMG_0463.jpg)
![Kelly Field, baseball diamond, Wellesley](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011401/IMG_0471.jpg)
![Boulder Brook Reservation, Wellesley](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011402/IMG_0473.jpg)
![Boulder Brook Reservation, Wellesley](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011406/IMG_0475.jpg)
![Boulder Brook Reservation, Wellesley](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011408/IMG_0476.jpg)
![Boulder Brook Reservation, Wellesley](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011410/IMG_0477.jpg)
![Boulder Brook Reservation, Wellesley](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/13011413/IMG_0481.jpg)
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Beyond Wellesley: a hike up Tipling Rock at Nobscot Reservation in Sudbury
You’re in my neighborhood! So glad you enjoyed it!