{"product_id":"wildlands-trust-great-neck-conservation-area-wareham-wildlands-trust-map","title":"Wildlands Trust - Great Neck Conservation Area - Wareham","description":"Several contiguous properties offer a walk through varied coastal habitats. Begin your visit at Jack’s Marsh, where the trail leads past a saltwater marsh, an abandoned cranberry bog, and the shores of Swan Pond to the Minot-Weld Conservancy. There, a path travels through the pinelands that dominate the preserve. Look for a kettle pond where common cattails, fragrant waterlilies, and wild cranberries grow. To the southeast, young pitch pines surround Griffith Bog, which was cultivated as a cranberry bog in the early 20th century and is now reverting to a white cedar swamp. A fine stand of mixed pine and oak forest marches up the slopes of Bourne Hill in the western portion of the preserve. Bourne Hill, viewed from above or on a map, reveals the teardrop shape of a drumlin—a smooth hill formed thousands of years ago beneath retreating glaciers.\r\n\r\nThe trail leads across Philip Saltonstall-Weld Memorial Forest, owned by the New England Forestry Foundation. Follow the loop trail to Mink Cove-Elkins Reservation. This coastal preserve is a delight for birders and naturalists, with its dramatic views of Mink Cove. Watch for wintergreen, sheep laurel, bearberry, and mountain laurel. Mayflower, a prominent heath, blooms here in late spring; its small white or pink blossoms scent the air with subtle fragrance. At the salt marsh and mud flats on the edge on Mink Cove, you may see Ospreys, Snowy Egrets, Great Egrets, Green Herons, Great Blue Herons, and Saltmarsh Sparrows. The return of the Osprey is an eagerly awaited event each spring.","brand":"Wildlands Trust","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43633592238236,"sku":"1655885","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7850\/5884\/files\/20240502140826_WT_GNP_Avenza_240502_GR_preview_0_a5aaa82b-422b-4b40-b5df-5fe14b17a4f2.jpg?v=1721411560","url":"https:\/\/store.avenza.com\/products\/wildlands-trust-great-neck-conservation-area-wareham-wildlands-trust-map","provider":"Avenza Maps","version":"1.0","type":"link"}