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If you want to disappear into nature without traveling too far from the city, there are plenty of Boston-area hiking spots to choose from.

Just 4 miles from Boston is Spectacle Island, where you can view the city from the tallest hill on the Boston Harbor Islands. Or climb the Stone Tower at the Lynn Woods Reservation for another city view. Hike to the “Solstice Stones’’ at Ward Reservation in Andover. Or stand where the first Revoluntionary War battle took place while hiking the Minute Man National Historic Park in Concord.


Here are 15 hiking spots within 60 miles of Boston.