Turkey Hill

I have lived in Hull, either year round or summers, for 36 years and I had never gone up to Turkey Hill in Hingham.  My first time biking up there was last week. The Hingham Library is about a 7 -8 mile ride, depending if I go around Sunset Point in Hull, which I usually do because it's a very pleasant ride and adds a mile or two to my ride. Last week I stopped at the library and went to the magazine area thinking that it would be nice to browse through the latest issue of Fine Gardening. Up until this spring, when my focus has been on biking, I would have spent all my time gardening. Going to the magazine area I chanced upon a map of Hingham highlighting the natural areas in green. Turkey Hill Farm and Reservations was at a dead end about a mile past the library going off the main road. Perfect. As it turned out Turkey Hill Road is about 1/2 a mile of nicely stretched out rolling hills until you get to the end, at which point you come to a beautiful meadow that overlooks all of Hull plus on a clear day the North Shore.  I can't wait to go up there in the fall to see the foliage or to take Eytan up there to see the cows that are mostly black with a broad white circle around their middle. It also has many walking trails. I met someone at the picnic table (set right in the middle of the meadow) who said he doesn't tell anyone about it because he doesn't want it to get too crowded. So of course now anytime I take a ride to the Hingham library, Turkey Hill is part of the ride. Sometimes to relax and have a snack, sometimes to ride up the hill and back down again. Either way, I'm happy to have found it.