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Beyond Wellesley: Weston’s Case Estates trails

June 18, 2021 by Bob Brown 2 Comments

I thought maybe I’d exhausted every trail within a reasonable driving distance during the pandemic, but I’d overlooked Weston’s Case Estates, less than a 20-minute drive from our house.

I went on a rainy morning, parking at the Weston compound that includes the community center, library, and some schools. I found the trail entrance just around the side of the community center, and was greeted by an information board including the first of many signs about how dogs must be leashed. In fact, I didn’t run across any unleashed dogs, and for that matter, not many people either during my 4 or so miles of crisscrossing Weston’s trails.

Case Estates Weston

 

The start of the trail is on a packed stony material that would work fine for strollers or wheelchairs.

Case Estates Weston

It winds through a batch of colorful rhododendrons…crimson, pink, pinker, orange, and white, that have been around for 100 years.

Case Estates Weston

Case Estates Weston

Case Estates Weston

The path ends at a lookout over old farm buildings and a stone incinerator. According to Weston’s Case Estates trails pamphlet (embedded below): “Case Estates sits on the original homeland of the Massachusetts Tribal Nation. From 1909 until the early 2000’s, much of this land was home to an experimental farm and horticultural center under the care of Marian Case (until 1944) and then Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum.”

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Dedication tiles at the end of the paved trail

 

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A view of the stone incinerator

 

Case Estates Weston

From there it was into the woods, following paths up and down and across, best of all through boardwalks and bog bridges that saved me from soaking my sneakers. With temps in the 40s and drizzle in the air, bugs were kept at bay and the green growth enveloped the trails.

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Case Estates Weston

Case Estates Weston

Back at the parking lot I surveyed the buildings, including the Community Center and Library, then was home in practically no time despite a leisurely drive back.

 

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Community Center

 

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Weston Public Library

Case Estates Weston

The Weston Forest & Trail Association owns more than 200 acres of conservation land and easements and maintains more than 100 miles of trails in the Town of Weston.


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  1. Diana says

    June 19, 2021 at 2:14 pm

    Love the walking/hiking ideas you publish. Like you, we thought we had found them all during the pandemic – but not this one.

    Keep them coming!

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  2. Dawn says

    June 20, 2021 at 8:21 am

    This is such a great addition to Swellesley! Keep up with the Weston news and news from other neighboring towns. It’s so good to find out about these walking trails within our region!

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