Join the American Pilgrims Boston Chapter for a rambling, moderately difficult 10-mile loop through the eastern section of DCR Blue Hills State Reservation. Plan for 5 hours. This walk will be held rain or shine; extreme weather cancels. Participants are encouraged to don their fully-loaded packs. Meet at the Skyline Trail trailhead in the Shea…

Join the American Pilgrims Boston Chapter for an easy 3-mile loop in Myles Standish State Forest. This walk travels through one of the largest remaining tracts of pine barrens in the United States. Plan for 1.5 hours. This walk will be held rain or shine; extreme weather cancels. Participants are welcome to don their fully-loaded…

Saturday, August 12, 10:30 a.m.: Beaver Brook North Reservation Walk, followed by 12 noon tertulia at Mighty Squirrel Brewing Company Join us for an easy one-hour, 2.5-mile walk at the Beaver Brook North Reservation. We will meet at the Elsie Turner Field at 421 Trapelo Road in Waltham, directly across the street from the National…

In the lead-up to St. James Day, join the American Pilgrims Boston Chapter for a moderately difficult 8-mile training walk consisting of four repetitions to/from the summit of Great Blue Hill along Summit Road at Blue Hills State Reservation. This walk includes 1,544 feet of elevation gain/loss and is intended to simulate the climb to/descent…

Join the American Pilgrims Boston Chapter for a moderate 8.4-mile out-and-back walk along DCR Lynn Shore & Nahant Beach Reservation. This walk is mostly level and will follow the damp, hard-packed sand at low tide. Plan for 4.5 hours. This walk will be held rain or shine; extreme weather cancels. Participants are welcome to don…

Join the American Pilgrims Boston Chapter for an easy 3-mile loop around Lower and Upper Leach Ponds at DCR Borderland State Park in North Easton. This walk is mostly level and follows along old carriage roads. Plan for 1.5 hours. This walk will be held rain or shine; extreme weather cancels. Participants are welcome to…

Join the American Pilgrims Boston Chapter for an easy 6-mile meandering loop through Essex County Greenbelt’s Vineyard Hill Reservation and connecting trails in DCR Bradley Palmer State Forest and Ipswich River. Plan for 3 hours. This walk will be held rain or shine; extreme weather cancels. Participants are welcome to don their fully loaded packs.…

Join the American Pilgrims Boston Chapter for a moderately difficult 12-mile out-and-back along historic Battle Road in Minute Man National Historical Park. This walk follows restored carriage roads that are mostly flat and that travel through a restored historic landscape, and passes the place where Paul Revere was captured by the British redcoats on the…

In walking, things get resolved. The act of walking brings on special insights and consciousness. Pilgrim Chris Beukman walked the Camino Frances from St. Jean to Logrono and from Leon to Santiago in April and May 2022. He brought back some 100 images from the Camino, which he arranged according to ten of these insights.…

Join the American Pilgrims on the Camino Boston Chapter for an easy, six-mile loop around Ponkapoag Pond in Blue Hills State Reservation. The Ponkapoag Trail is mostly level and wide, with some limited rocky/hilly sections. Plan for three hours. This walk will be held rain or shine; extreme weather cancels. Participants are welcome to don…