Milton, MA, August 24th, 2019. Explore the night-time woods in the Blue Hills and discover how nighttime darkness changes your sensory abilities. While using a park path that is accessible for wheelchairs or other mobility devices, you may look and listen for animals, and (conditions permitting) gaze at the stars.
* The path begins at a paved parking lot at Houghton’s pond. Starting at a level, hard-packed, 4 foot wide gap between a metal gate and a boulder, the path is flat, level, and hardened with packed gravel. At about an eighth of a mile in, the path reveals its true identity: a paved, abandoned stretch of Route 128 from the days when the highway was only two lanes wide. Cars haven’t traveled on this stretch of road since 1960, and it is free of ruts and potholes. Restrooms are available at the museum at the beginning and end of the program.
* Please contact the museum if you or a member of your party may need additional assistance or information in order to participate in this event.
*There is no admission charge for personal aides, but please contact the museum if someone in your party will be accompanied by an aide.
Fees apply, registration is required to www.massaudubon.org/program-catalog/blue-hills/68598-night-in-the-blue-hills-an-accessible-adventure or contact Miranda Bloom, bluehills@massaudubon.org, 617-333-0690
