What we’re about

For most of the year, we have a regular group that goes out hiking on Thursday mornings. (Unless rain or other weather forces us to move to another day.) We also go out on many Saturdays and Sundays. Saturday and Sunday hikes are offered whenever we have leaders available.

Myles Standish State Forest is the size of the island of Manhattan, covering more than 12,400 acres (or 25 square miles) with many dozens of miles of hiking and bicycle trails allowing you to explore its 16 pristine ponds, four major campground areas, two boy scout camps and wildlife management areas. Few people have seen every corner of it. (Need a map? )

The park is split between sections of Plymouth and Carver. If you drive on Route 3 or Route 495 in southeastern Massachusetts, you have probably passed within a few miles recently. Why not join us to give it a try?

The Friends have been around for 18 years. We celebrated the 100th anniversary of the park's founding in 2016 and our 18th annual Family Fishing Derby in 2025.

Bird watching and other bird support activities are scheduled when the birds are in town.

We are approaching our 2000th Meetup since our group started using Meetup in 2009. It just helps people get together and allows a little flexibility in case the weather decides not to cooperate.

Clearly, a lot of people are having fun and we hope you will join us soon.

Again, please consider joining our Friends group. The Friends of Myles Standish State Forest, Inc. is a 501 c3 charity. Visit the Friends of Myles Standish web page to find out more about us.