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Conservation Property
There are over 4,000 acres of protected open space in Hingham, owned by the Town, the State, the Hingham Land Conservation Trust (HLCT), and the Trustees of Reservations (TTOR). Popular properties are listed in the table below. If a property is not managed by the Conservation Commission, the property manager is listed in parentheses after the property name.
- View a map of the Town's open space properties, published by the Hingham Land Conservation Trust.
- View trail maps of specific conservation properties.
- View the Rules and Regulations for use of Conservation Commission property.
- Planning documents related to the Town's conservation properties are available at the bottom of this page.
Conservation Property Listing
| Name |
Size (acres) |
Use |
More Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amonte Meadow Conservation Area | 3 | Nature observation | |
| Bare Cove Park (BCPC and Select Board) | 484 | Walking; nature observation; water access | Website |
| Bathing Beach (TBB and Select Board) | 6 | Swimming; walking; nature observation | Website |
| Bouve Conservation Area | 32 | Hiking; nature observation; water access | |
| Bradley Pond* | 2 | Nature observation | |
| Broad Cove Conservation Area* |
15 | Nature observation |
|
| Burns Memorial Park Conservation Area |
24 | Hiking; nature observation | Video |
| Cranberry Pond |
14 |
Hiking; fishing; ice skating | |
| Cushing Meadow | 4 | Agricultural | |
| Eel River Woods (HLCT) |
12 | Hiking; nature observation |
Website |
| Fee Pond* |
2.5 | Hiking; ice skating |
|
| Foundry Pond |
32 | Hiking; fishing; nature observation |
|
| Governor Long Bird Sanctuary |
11 | Hiking; nature observation |
|
| Home Meadows* |
70 | Nature observation |
|
| Jacobs Meadow (HLCT) | 50 | Hiking; nature observation | Website |
| Langlee*, Ragged*, Sarah*, Button* and Bumpkin Islands (Harbormaster/DCR/NPS) | 44 | Nature observation; picnicking by boat; camping (Bumpkin only) | Website |
| Leavitt Street Conservation Land* |
16 | Hiking |
|
| Lehner Conservation Area | 51 | Hiking; nature observation | Video |
| Lyford's Lyking* |
7 | Nature observation |
|
| Marchesiani Farmlands |
25 | Hiking; equestrian trails; nature observation | |
| McKenna Marsh |
100 | Hiking; nature observation | |
| Mildred Cushing Woods Conservation Area* |
19 | Hiking; fishing; nature observation; water access | |
| More-Brewer Park and Brewer Reservation |
187 |
Hiking; equestrian trails; nature observation; cross-country skiing |
|
| Old Swamp River Conservation Area* | 14 | Nature observation | |
| Plymouth River Lands (multiple Town departments)* |
93 | Nature observation; some trails are maintained |
|
| Stodder's Neck (DCR) | 39 | Walking; nature observation; water access | Website |
| Town Forest (Select Board) | 108 | Hiking; nature observation | |
| Triphammer Pond Conservation Area |
98 | Hiking; equestrian trails; nature observation; fishing |
|
| Turkey Hill (TTOR) |
55 |
Hiking; nature observation; scenic vista |
Website |
| Whitney and Thayer Woods (TTOR) | 824 | Hiking; nature observation | Website |
| Whortleberry Hollow (HLCT) |
13 | Hiking; nature observation |
Website |
| Wompatuck State Park (DCR) | 3002 | Hiking; biking; equestrian trails; cross-country skiing; water access; camping | Website |
| World's End (TTOR) | 251 | Hiking; nature observation; water access | Website |