A pirate cave and Walden Pond in Lynn Woods

Sat., 5/22/10: Enjoyed an AMC-led six-mile hike with pirate cave and three large ponds in the Lynn Woods. We started from the Pennybrook Road entrance.

I learned that the Lynn Woods Reservation is the second largest municipal park in the greater Boston area. Consisting of 2,200 acres in Lynn and Saugus, the park has

• several ponds, including its own Walden Pond (larger than the famous one in Concord), which provide drinking water and are therefore off-limits for swimming.
• a pirate cave ( pitch-black after just a few steps down)
• a small but beautiful rose garden
• an ampitheater
• a stone tower (closed for restoration), which I did not see.

I was the sweep so missed Mike Stadelmaier's informative historical musings on the area.