Join the Roxbury Land Trust on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 10:00 am for the Dave Beglan Memorial Walk at Mine Hill Preserve.
Recognized on the National Register of Historic Places, Mine Hill Preserve is the site of a 19th-century iron mine and furnace complex. The Roxbury Land Trust acquired the preserve in 1978 and restored and stabilized the stone and brick structural remains of the furnace complex.
Roxbury Land Trust Land Manager, Jamie Curren, will lead the group along the historic Donkey Trail, identifying trees and talking about the former mining operation and bat hibernacula that now exist in the underground mines.
The annual post-Thanksgiving walk is held in memory of Dave Beglan, historian and director of the Roxbury Land Trust, who died in October 2017. As a Roxbury resident, Dave volunteered countless hours to the study of Mine Hill, initially working tirelessly on obtaining the funding which allowed RLT to procure the Mine Hill Preserve and many other land preserves. He remained active in the Trust as the historian and gave his time freely to the betterment of Roxbury.
The group will meet in the Mine Hill Preserve parking lot on Mine Hill Road in Roxbury. Please wear appropriate shoes for a 1.5-mile moderate to strenuous walk with some steep inclines and declines. Inclement weather will cancel the event.
