The Lookout

    The Lookout, known years ago as Darling Hill, is located in the part of the Parklands that is
    west of the G&U tracks. You can reach it from a path near the tracks, or by a ten minute walk
    along the path that begins at the end of Overdale Parkway. To reach the Lookout from the west
    side of Hopedale Pond, take the side path shown on page 4. You'll soon come to a fork. Take
    path to the left. When you get to the tracks, you'll see the path going up the hill on the other
    side. It's shown in the next-to-last picture above. A few more minutes will bring you to the
    Lookout.

    The picture titled Park Shelter, Darling Hill is from an early town report. Because there were so
    few trees then, the view was better than now. The Park Department history reports that the
    shelter was built in 1908 for $311.48. The road that became Overdale Parkway, and the
    extension to the Lookout, was built in 1916-17. The shelter was repaired in 1923 and rebuilt in
    1929. In the mid-1960s, Hopedale Boy Scout Troop 1, built five Adirondack cabins in the area,
    (bottom picture) with lumber supplied by Draper Corporation and nails provided by Hopedale
    Hardware. Within five or ten years, they had all been burned down.

     The 1917 Report of the Park Commissioners stated that Great Blue Hill, among other places,
    could be seen from the Lookout. It that still true? Here's what I found.   

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