Tom Wessels has spent his career teaching people how to read the New England landscape — what each forest, wetland, or boulder field is telling you if you know what to look at. Here he points you at thirty places to practice, all within walking distance of the road and none of the walks longer than two miles. Forests, wetlands, alpines, dunes. Turn-by-turn directions, plus what to expect from the flora, fauna, and fungi when you get there. All six New England states. The walks are short. The looking is the point.