Bay Circuit Trail Ipswich Branch Part 3. Bradley Palmer State Park.

Bradley Palmer State Park is a centerpiece of several large parcels left by a parent of the modern multinational corporation, Bradley F. Palmer. 

It meets the Ipswich Branch of the Bay Circuit Trail at a junction with Highland Road where it brings the trail north from the Pingree Woodlands.

Bay Circuit Trail Ipswich Branch Part 2. The Pingree Woodlands.

Upon passing south from Appleton Grass Rides, the Ipswich Branch of the Bay Circuit Trail passes through a property of the Harvard Forestry School.

It meets the Pingree Woodland at a small pond equipped with a device called a beaver deceiver designed to discourage dam making.

Bay Circuit Trail: Ipswich Branch Part 1. Appleton Farms and Grass Rides.

The Ipswich Branch of the Bay Circuit Trail currently begins at the main entrance of Appleton Farms in Ipswich. It aims to ultimately begin at Crane Beach and that segment is in various stages of completion.

It initially passes through the working farm element with crop fields giving way to pastures.