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Hikers are invited to take part in a First Day Hike at Harold Parker State Forest on New Year’s Day as part of a continuing national initiative by America’s State Parks.
Local hikers can celebrate the New Year by walking from Berry Pond to Salem Pond and back. Dogs are welcome on leash and there will be hot cocoa by a warming fire after the hike. The walk is sponsored locally by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and Friends of Harold Parker State Forest
The first day, two-mile hike takes place from 10 a.m. to noon, at Berry Pond, 700 Middleton Road, North Andover.
Other hiking opportunities are available that day at Crane Beach on the Crane Estate, Danvers Rail Trail, Breakheart Reservation in Saugus and Halibut Point State Park in Rockport. There’s more information online at massachusetts250.org/events.