Charles River Loop

To get to know Boston, the best place to start is the Charle River basin. Once a sprawling tidal river with winding estuaries and thousands of acres of salt marsh, the Charles today is wholly reinvented. In an exploration of the lower Charles , this hike takes you on a tour of Boston's lagoon and tree-lined Esplanade, and then crosses to cambridge where it follows the Embankment to Harvard University. Looping back to Boston's shore via a scenic footbridge, the hike returns to the start at Longfellow bridge.

Length: 7.78 miles

Configuration: loop

Trail surface: pavement with stretches of grass or packed earth

hikiing time: 2.5 - 3 hrs

Rain cancels this event