# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Silent Solstice Sunset Hike (RSVP required)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 21 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm – Sun, 21 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Enjoy the shortest day of the year with a meditative hike. We will take a short, silent walk along the Upper Highland Lake at the DAR State Forest and enjoy the sunset together in peaceful quiet. A short (1-mile) and a long (1.5-mile) option are available.

Space is limited and RSVPs are required. Register: https://www.hilltownlandtrust.org/events/silent-solstice-sunset-hike-6

All ages are welcome! Children must be supervised by an adult.

Due to the silent nature of this hike, we ask that you please leave dogs (except service animals) at home.

ACCESSIBILITY

Access Info

Distance and surfaces: This is a gentle, flat hike, on a graded trail. We will travel briefly over a sand beach and compacted gravel walkway before connecting with a 0.5-mile-long ADA designed accessible stabilized stonedust path. At the end of this trail, we will have our first sunset viewing opportunity on a stone and gravel beach (no seating available). Interested hikers will have the opportunity to continue to a second sunset viewing spot, 0.3 miles away on gravel roads and a sand beach. The total mileage out and back is 1.0 mile, or 1.6 miles if we continue to the second sunset spot.

Pace and pauses: We’ll be sticking together, and moving at a slow-moderate pace (1-1.5 mph). There are several benches placed along the trail, including benches and a picnic table at our second sunset viewing spot.

Snow and ice: The trails at the DAR State Forest are not cleared during the winter, and may be covered in snow and ice. We have snowshoes and ice grippers to share if you would like to borrow a pair. While there are designated accessible parking spots at the start of the ADA trail, the access road to that parking area is also closed off during times of snow and ice. We will provide updates on the conditions of the trails and roads prior to the start of the program.

Transit and bathrooms: Public transit and indoor bathrooms will not be available at this program. A roll-in port-a-potty is usually available at the parking lot, and we will provide confirmation on its availability before the program.

Fragrance policy: To be respectful of those with allergies and environmental sensitivities, please refrain from wearing strong fragrances.


LEARN MORE
To learn more about the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) State Forest, visit their info page: https://www.mass.gov/locations/daughters-of-the-american-revolution-dar-state-forest
Find Google Maps directions here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Upper+Highland+Reservoir/@42.4928016,-72.8186107,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e72b645ee48361:0x1fd1f286394081b2!8m2!3d42.4564329!4d-72.7966533?shorturl=1 
 
Please contact Sarah at 413-628-4485 ext. 6 or send an email to sarah@hilltownlandtrust.org with any questions.

Cover image description: Two friends link arms and watch the sunset over a frozen lake. Photo by Wayne Desroches.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/goshen/silent-solstice-sunset-hike-rsvp-required/200029352992547
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, dog
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Goshen
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: D.A.R. State Forest (Massachusetts)
- **lat**: 42.456881743388
- **long**: -72.799129400046
- **full address**: D.A.R. State Forest (Massachusetts), Dar State Forest, Williamsburg, MA 01096, United States, Goshen

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Silent Solstice Sunset Hike (RSVP required) being held?
  - **A:** Silent Solstice Sunset Hike (RSVP required) takes place on Sun, 21 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm to Sun, 21 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm at D.A.R. State Forest (Massachusetts), Dar State Forest, Williamsburg, MA 01096, United States, Goshen.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Silent Solstice Sunset Hike (RSVP required)?
  - **A:** Silent Solstice Sunset Hike (RSVP required) is organized by Hilltown Land Trust.

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