Trails and Sails

Trails and Sails is an annual event sponsored each September by the Essex National Heritage Commission. Promoted as a “Weekend to Go! Experience Essex Heritage,” Trails and Sails is a series of free events celebrating historical, cultural and natural sites throughout Essex County, Massachusetts. Since its inception in 2002, sponsored events have included such activities as: whale watches, march walks, kayaking, biking, foraging walks, architectural talks, farm tours, and more. The event web site can be found at: www.trailsandsails.org.

2008 Events

In 2008, Trails and Sails will include over 200 free events held at over 135 historical sites throughout Essex County. A list of events and the towns holding them follows:

*Amesbury: Tattoos, Then and Now
*Amesbury: Upper Millyard Walking Tour
*Amesbury: Gardner-Battis Farm
*Amesbury: Bike the Amesbury Treasures
*Amesbury: Cider Hill Farm Tour
*Amesbury: Explore a wine vineyard!
*Amesbury: Kayaking the Powow River
*Amesbury: Riverwalk Walking Tour
*Amesbury: Amesbury Hat Museum
*Amesbury: The Art of Boat Building
*Amesbury: Historic Macy-Colby House
*Amesbury: Mary Baker Eddy House
*Amesbury: Visit the Whittier Home
*Amesbury: Amesbury Artifacts
*Amesbury: Rocky Hill Meeting House
*Andover: Explore Shawsheen Village
*Beverly: Beverly Farms Walk
*Beverly: Discovering Lynch Park
*Beverly: Art of Revitalization
*Beverly: Hospital Pt. Lighthouse
*Beverly: Diverse Habitats @ Long Hill
*Beverly: Montfest!
*Beverly: History of Transportation
*Beverly: Art of Etching Workshop
*Beverly: Work with The Food Project
*Boxford: Boxford's Chapman Way Hike
*Boxford: Boxford's Bald Hill Hike
*Boxford: Hardy American Plants
*Danvers: History&Harmony @ Glen Magna
*Danvers: Civil War Baseball
*Danvers: Archeology @ Nurse Homestead
*Danvers: Danvers History Walk
*Essex: Cruising the Essex River
*Essex: Cox Reservation Walk
*Essex: Guided Land Tour of Cape Ann
*Essex: Coastal Farming Walking Tour
*Essex: Sea Kayaking
*Gloucester: Historic Ice House Tours
*Gloucester: Maritime Archaeology
*Gloucester: Schooner Sail
*Gloucester: Dory Rowing in Gloucester
*Gloucester: Learn about WHALES!
*Gloucester: Fitz Henry Lane's Gloucester
*Gloucester: Folly Cove Designers
*Gloucester: Sargent House Tour
*Gloucester: Talking Walls of Gloucester
*Gloucester: Yankee Whale Watch
*Gloucester: Twilight Tour of Beauport
*Gloucester: Guide Favorites @ Beauport
*Groveland: Explore the Night Sky
*Groveland: Birds & Nesting Box Tour
*Hamilton: Green Meadows Farming Tour
*Hamilton: Essex County Mushroom Hunt
*Haverhill: Bella Buildings Walk
*Haverhill: Italian Festival!
*Haverhill: Downtown Murals & Public Art
*Haverhill: Explore Kimball Farm
*Ipswich: Salt Marsh Meander
*Ipswich: Arthur Wesley Dow of Ipswich
*Ipswich: Appleton Farms Tour
*Ipswich: Fly-tying & Fishing Tactics
*Ipswich: Ipswich Architecture Tour
*Ipswich: Cuvilly Arts & Earth Center
*Ipswich: Live Music in the Orchard
*Ipswich: Crane Beach Moonlit Walk
*Lawrence: Twilight @ Bellevue Cemetery
*Lawrence: Walk to Great Stone Dam
*Lawrence: Bike to the Great Stone Dam
*Lawrence: Millies:Playing With A Movie
*Lawrence: Bread & Roses Strike Walk
*Lawrence: Celebrate Italian Heritage
*Lawrence: History Mystery Clue Tour
*Lawrence: Sunday Stroll at Bellevue
*Lawrence: Washington Mills Tour
*Lawrence: Den Rock Park Hike
*Lowell area: Annual Art Festival
*Lowell area: Lowell Open Studios
*Lowell area: The Art of the Quilt
*Lowell area: Toys & Games Exhibition
*Lowell area: Where Art Meets History
*Lynn: Lynn Woods Walk
*Lynn: Explore LynnArts!
*Marblehead: History & Habitat
*Marblehead: Spirit of '76 Walking Tour
*Marblehead: Colonial Era Encampment
*Marblehead: Art of Johan Selmer Larson
*Marblehead: Civil War Museum Tour& Video
*Methuen: Vintage Baseball Tournament
*Methuen: Civil War Cemetery Walk
*Methuen: Millionaires Walking Tour
*Nahant: Autumn Fair in Nahant
*Newbury: Kayak Tour @ Parker River
*Newbury: Explore Tendercrop Farm
*Newbury: Sympathy for the Devil
*Newbury: Cradle of Aviation
*Newburyport: Wild Plum Island!
*Newburyport: Boat Camp aboard Erica Lee
*Newburyport: Essex County Maritime
*Newburyport: Tiptoe Through Tombstones
*Newburyport: Family Flyby @ Mass Audubon
*Newburyport: Newburyport Walking Tour
*Newburyport: Fruit St. Architectural Tour
*Newburyport: Newburyport Art Trail
*Newburyport: Tour of Moseley Estate Core
*Newburyport: Formal Gardens and Tea for 2
*Newburyport: Old South Church
*Newburyport: Sea Captain's Mansion Tour
*North Andover: The Birth of a Village
*North Andover: American Poetry, 400 Years
*North Andover: America's Printing Evolution
*North Andover: Walk the Path of Poets
*North Andover: Smolak Farms Fall Festival
*Peabody: Brooksby Farm Tour
*Rockport: Quarry Tour & Demo
*Rockport: Acorn Press Printing Demo
*Salem: Marine Lab Exploration
*Salem: Family Polar Adventure
*Salem: Walk Salem's South River
*Salem: East Meets West at PEM
*Salem: 1812 Privateer FAME:Go Sail!
*Salem: Salem Privateers vs Pirates
*Salem: Salem's Military History
*Salem: Salem 1914 Fire Walking Tour
*Salem: Circuit of Salem Woods
*Salem: Salem Tales Jim McAllister
*Salem: Chestnut Street Stroll
*Salem: Gedney House Tour
*Salem: Hawthorne and The Gables
*Salem: Hawthorne Hotel Tour
*Salem: Native American History
*Salisbury: Old Eastern Marsh Trail Walk
*Saugus: Junior Ranger Days
*Saugus: Salem Scottish Country Dancers
*Topsfield: Butterfly Garden Showcase
*Topsfield: Explore Alfalfa Farm Vineyard
*Topsfield: Carnegie @ The Gould Barn
*Topsfield: Ipswich River Wildlife Walk
*Topsfield: The Art of Goat Cheese
*Wenham: Art and Lore of Gravestones
*Wenham: Forest Walk @ Chebacco Woods
*Wenham: House Tour & Colonial Games
*Wenham: Take the T to see the Trains

External Links

Trails and Sails Website [http://www.essexheritage.org/ts/index.shtml]