Venture from the farmstead through restored woodlands to hillside hay fields and pastures, and take in expansive views of Great Blue Hill and the Boston skyline.

At 466 feet high, Moose Hill is the second-highest ascent between Boston and Providence. Only Great Blue Hill, at 635 feet, is taller. After serving as an informal border separating the Wampanoag and Massachusetts tribes, the hill’s lofty elevation, crisp breezes, and clean waters all contributed to its metamorphosis into a 347-acre gentleman’s farm: ox and plow cleared open fields, and herds of sheep and dairy cows foraged well into the 20th century.

Cellar holes, foundation edges, and stone walls offer evidence of the Commonwealth’s agricultural metamorphosis from homesteading to dairy farming during the 18th and 19th centuries. Odds are you’ll still hear the din of a barnyard: The Trustees have revived the farm’s agricultural past, with pigs, chickens, and a small herd of cattle that forms the basis of a grass-fed beef operation.

The main farmhouse is also home to the Cooperative Nature School at Moose Hill Farm, a year-round, nature-based preschool. The child-driven, outdoor-oriented learning environment cultivates exploration, compassion, and community, where students make daily explorations of the surrounding pastures, meadows, woodlands, and wetlands.

Six miles of trails bring you from the farmstead through restored woodlands to hillside hayfields and pastures; from the upper hayfield, you’ll discover enviable views of Great Blue Hill and the Boston skyline. Grassland birds call the summit fields home, while the wooded hillsides still shelter mature specimens of the American chestnut tree, a species that once dominated forests in the eastern United States. Look for the trees’ familiar, spiny-husked nuts, which traditionally nourished wild turkey and white-tailed deer, both of which call the farm home today.

The AllTrails website has descriptions and maps of hikes at Moose Hill Farm.