Since it was a pretty nice day, I decided to hike up Prospect Hill in Waltham. It’s not a real steep climb (click on the pictures to see the full size)
but it has a pretty good view of Boston
and the Blue Hills just south of Boston (Prospect Hill is the second highest point inside 128, while the Blue Hills are the highest–Prospect is all of 485 feet, while the Blue Hills is 635 feet)
The scale of some of the pictures turned out a little weird. In this picture, it looks like Boston is right next door
while in this picture centered on Waltham, it looks much further away
All of these pictures were taken from the eastern side of the hill. Normally I also go to the western side which has a nice view of the Cambridge Resevoir, but there was a large picnic going on, so I bypassed it today.
There’s a map of some of the trails here.
Petunias 