Snowshoeing at F. Gilbert Hills State Forest - January 31, 2026
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| Warner Trail |
I’ve been nursing along a sore knee, so I probably should have skipped this trip. Then again, conditions were just about perfect, and it is only a half-hour from my house, so I made a last-minute decision to join Papa Joe and the crew for a snowshoe hike at F. Gilbert Hills State Forest.
The F. Gilbert Hills State Forest (previously known as Foxboro State Forest) is a 1,000-acre site with 23-miles of trails in the towns of Foxborough and Wrentham. It is adjacent to the Harold B. Clark Town Forest to the north, and connects to Wrentham State Forest to the west. The park is also part of the 30-mile Warner Trail that stretches from Sharon to Diamond Hill.
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| Breaking a new trail |
We met near the Southeastern Massachusetts Emergency Communications Center (SEMRECC) at 100 High Rock Rd, Wrentham, MA 02093. The temperature was around 3-degrees when we headed out, but it got up to around 19-degrees by the time we finished. No one was cold – snowshoeing is a good workout.
We we did a 2.3-mile loop over to Sunset Ledge, then down the a section of the Warner Trail that includes the Stone Staircase (one of many structures built on the site by the Civil Conservation Corps in the 1930’s), and finally over to the shelter near High Rock before returning to the cars. Conditions were perfect, and it was a great trip, even if my knee was pretty sore at the end.
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| The crew near High Rock |
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