The summer home of the Banks family for several generations, the 89-acre Farandnear reservation offers easy wooded trails, fields of wildflowers, an arboretum full of more than 80 conifer trees, the remnants of an old cranberry bog, and Paradise, a 10-acre parcel where huge hemlocks grow. The park-like grounds at Farandnear are perfect for playing, picnicking and relaxing.

Arthur Banks—an accomplished political scientist and professor—was the property’s most recent resident. His grandfather, Charles Goodspeed, named the property because, at 50 miles from his home in Wollaston, it was “far” enough to require a two-day journey by horse to reach, but “near” enough to be a vacation home. Farandnear is owned and stewarded by The Trustees.