Hike the Freeman Memorial Trail at the Whittier Birthplace. Pick up a brochure for this self-guided tour from the box by the stone wall, then explore around the c.1688 Whittier Homestead. The Trail is about a half mile and goes over uneven ground. Each of the 13 stops along this approximately 1/2 mile trail has a few lines of John Greenleaf Whittier’s poetry or from one of his early biographies.