if you're in Boston......be sure to check out Mike's Bakery in the North End...and the Boston Public Library....and and USS Constitution !
not hiking per se.....but at the end of the day it can feel like you've been on a long hike indeed. well, you have, actually. just in an urban setting. spring in Boston Commons is a wonderful thing ! and the play-for-pay musicians provided the right mood indeed. one gent also had a "kite for rent" so you could gambol over the grass ..... ah spring!