Recommended Places to Visit: Medway

Recreation

Water Bodies

Choate Pond
End of Oak Street near Mechanic Street

The Village Amphitheater on Charles River
~14 Sanford Street near the Old Sanford Mills

Hiking

Recommended:
New Chicken Brook Trail
51 Adams Street

Tried:
Medway Community Farm
50 Winthrop Street

Idyllbrook Trails
End of Wards Lane

Deerfield Pond

Deerfield Road

Architecture

Monuments

War Memorials
Church Street and Holliston Street

Places of Worship

Betania II Marian Center
154 Summer Street

Medway Village Church
170 Village Street

St. Joseph Church
151 Village Street

Christ Episcopal Church
14 School Street

Medway Community Church
193 Main Street


Schools
Burke Memorial School
16 Cassidy Lane


Town Facilities

Public Library
26 High Street

Police Department
315 Village Street

Town Hall
155 Village Street

Fire Department
44 Milford Street

Historical Buildings
The Old Sanford Mills
14 Sanford Street

William H Cary House
2 Barber Street

Restaurants

Higly Recommended:

Dessert
Muffin House Cafe (chain)
116 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Blueberry Muffin
Cranberry Orange Muffin


Italian

Restaurant 45 Bar and Grille
45 Milford Street

Recommended Dishes:

Sandy Beach

Linguine Carbonara

Lobster and Corn Chowder

Yve's Cinnamon Roll Cake

Western
PJ's Smoke and Grill
112 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Carolina Q Burger
Cornbread


Japanese

Yama Fuji (chain)
74 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Hong Kong Style Wonton Soup
Tempura Kani Sweet Potato Salad
Dynamite
Fairy Lady Roll 
The Hulk Roll

Tried:
Western

Medway VFW Post 1526
123 Holliston Street
Recommended Dishes:
Pulled Pork Sandwich

Mickey Cassidy's
116 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Irish Breakfast

April 7th 2021: Searching for Echo Lake in Hopkinton

 While at work today, I decided to get some lunch from Al Sazon De Mi Tierra, a Latin American restaurant in Worcester that has taken over from La Terrazza Parilla Mexicana, which I visited almost 5 years ago. Decor still looks crappy though.

I got the Sazon Plate (Grilled Steak, grilled chicken, shrimp, chimole, scallion, mix of rice, beans and tortillas), which was just so-so, the meat being dry as always.

After work, we decided to go on a hike in Hopkinton at the relatively new Echo Trail,

where the path we took to find Echo Lake, the headwaters of the Charles River, is shown below in pink.

really nice and serene views of the lake on the seemingly private path we used.

From here, we headed to dinner at Restaurant 45 Bar and Grille, an Italian restaurant in the town of Medway. 

Fire Department

Pretty nice inside, 

although we decided to sit outside.

We got the Sandy Beach (Pearl Coconut and Skyy Pineapple Vodka with Pina Colada Mix and a splash of pineapple juice served straight up and garnished with toasted coconut),

the Linguine Carbonara (sauteed chicken fillets, bacon, mushrooms, and peas in a classic alfredo sauce tossed in linguine),

the Lobster and Corn Chowder

and the Yve's Cinnamon Roll Cake (a cross between warm vanilla pound cake and fresh-baked cinnamon rolls topped vanilla ice cream) for dessert.

The drink was a little too alcoholic for me, although the soup and pasta were pretty tasty, and the cake had just the right amount of cinnamon to not get to me. Overall, a really good meal to end a nice hike.

March 9th 2019: Delicious Lunch and Dessert in Medway

On the way home today, we decided to stop by PJ's Smoke and Grill, a new BBQ place in the town of Medway for lunch,

We weren't able to order real BBQ stuff because the smoker has been disallowed by the town due to complaints, but we still decided to get the Carolina Q Burger (6oz chuck, short rib and brisket burger, cheddar, bacon, fried pickles and Carolina BBQ sauce on a butter grilled brioche roll with cornbread, served with maple butter),

which was surprisingly flavorful, together with the fried pickles and the perfectly cooked bacon, and the cornbread which wasn't dry for once. Excellent food here. Can't wait for the smoker to get back online, this time enclosed.

For dessert, we decided to head to Muffin House Cafe nearby. Pretty popular place,

the Natick branch of which I visited a long time ago.

This time, other than the Blueberry Muffin,

we also got the Cranberry Orange Muffin.

Both were equally delicious. Can see why they have 4 locations to date.

February 17th 2018: Hiking in the Southeast

I started off today heading southeast to the town of Hopkinton for my first hike at the Whitehall Woods, located on Foxhollow Road. No need to hike here to view the water body here though.

From here it was on to another hike close by at Tamarack Farm. The path I took here is shown below in pink.

Pretty decent water bodies here actually.

From here, it was on to the town of Holliston, to visit the Upper Charles Rail Trail in Holliston, where I checked out the portion from Chestnut Street,

and the Wenakeening Woods area, where the path I took here is shown below in pink.

The water bodies in both areas were nothing much to look at though.

Next, the New Chicken Brook Trail in Medway, where the path I took from Adams Street is shown below in pink.

Not too bad a water body here actually.

The Medway Community Farm was next, the path I took from the entrance at 50 Winthrop Street is shown below in pink.

Chicken Brook was nothing to look at from here, and the paths here were hardly discernible too.

From here, I passed through Wrentham

Crocker Pond, 198 Boston Providence Turnpike

on the way to Foxborough

Lane Homestead

for my next hike at the Governor's Meadow. The path I took to get to the supposed viewpoint is shown below in pink.

I tried to get there from Laurel Tree Drive, but could not find the trailhead in the private property here. Instead, I went to find the entrance on Daniel Carpenter Court. Thankfully, I found it this time, although there was nothing to see at the viewpoint.

My next hike in Foxborough was at the Neponset Reservoir, which I visited once before. This time, I went from the Chestnut Street side, the path I took being shown below in pink.

As always, a beautiful view of the reservoir here.

Deciding to take the easy way out, I walked along the railroad track here back to my car.

From here, it was on to my next hike at the Greeley's Pond area, where the path I took here from 50 East Foxboro Street is shown below in pink.

Pretty nice pond to say the least.

Next, I headed for another pond hike at Beaumont Pond, where the rough path I took here is shown below in pink.

Not bad views, although I got a little lost near the pond's edge for a bit due to the confusing trails or lack thereof here.

From here, I ventured into Mansfield

Mill Pond, 497 East Street

before heading back into Foxborough for some pizza from Antonia's Italian Cuisine,

getting the Basilico (Sun-dried tomato, mushroom, grilled chicken basil, garlic sauce & mozzarella) Pizza.

Disappointingly bland though.

I proceeded for more hikes in town, visiting Wolf Meadow, where the path I took here is shown below in pink.

There weren't any good views of the wetlands here though.

Next the Cocasset River Recreational Area, which I visited a long time ago. This time, I went for a little hike to find the water body here, the path I took being shown below in pink.

Sadly, there was a fence around it, and there were no viable paths to approach it directly either.

From here, it was back to Wrentham to continue my exploration of the Wrentham State Forest. The paths I took here to try to find the various water bodies I missed out on before is shown below in pink.

I was in the Minnehaha Pond area first, where there was a nice waterfall in the remains of the dam.

I next went to try to find the water body in the south, but failed to do so because of the myriad of paths here, and the map I had was not to scale. I somehow made it to the brook, but could not find a way across. At this point, I decided to give up and head to the last water body north of here, though there was nothing much of note here.

With that, I decided to call it a day for hiking, heading to Connie's Rustic Kitchen and Tavern for dinner. A pretty nice bar restaurant,

with interesting starters of foccacia bread and chips.

I got the SHORT RIB SHEPPERD PIE (Root vegetables in a rich beef broth and mashed potatoes)

which was actually pretty good. Might come back here someday. With that, my day of hiking in the southeast was at an end.