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The following are either trail or ecological links. Things
to do with our wildlife and the outdoors. If you think there
is a link which would contribute to this list then please
e-mail it to us. Thank you.
Northborough's
Town Hall
This site has many other links to things that are going on
in Northborough.
Westborough's
Charm Bracelet Trails
Some of Northborough's trails merge into Westborough's Charm
bracelet which is approximately 28 miles in diameter. This
link will bring you to their site.
American
Hiking Society
The American Hiking Society is a well established organization
with a very informative web site. They are also responsible
for starting National Trails Day.
Appalachian
Mountain Club
This is also a well established organization with a very informative
web site on a more nationwide scale.
Audubon
Society
The Audubon Society is committed to preserving open space
in Massachusetts, protecting our threatened and endangered
wildlife, and providing the level of environmental education
our children need and deserve. Some of Mass Audubon achievements
include helping restore bluebird, barn owl, osprey, and bald
egal populations in this state. To find out more...
The
American Chestnut Foundation
Not too long ago, the American chestnut was one of the most
important trees of forests from Maine south to Georgia, from
Piedmont west to the Ohio valley. Then around 1904 the chestnut
blight, an Asian organism, struck. By 1950 the keystone species
on some nine million acres of eastern forests had disappeared.
The Chestnut Foundation is working tirelessly to cross the
American Chestnut with more resistent strains of Asian Chestnut
to revive this most beautiful of our indigenous trees.
New
England Wild Flower Society, Inc.
As the nation's oldest institution dedicated to the conservation
of wild plants, the Society promotes the conservation of temperate
North American flora through education, research, horticulture,
habitat preservation, and advocacy.
MassWildLife owns and manages two properties in Northborough where we have stewardship of the trails. Those properties are located at Mt. Pisgah and the Little Chauncy/Cedar Hill areas.
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/dfw_cd.htm - Central Mass. map site
New England Forestry Foundation
According to this organizations home page “The New England Forestry Foundation is dedicated to providing for the conservation and ecologically sound management of privately owned forestlands in New England, throughout the Americas and beyond.” The NEFF owns the land on West Main Street named the Carlstrom II Forest.
According to their home page, SVT “is a regional land trust, founded in 1953 by a few foresighted individuals who recognized that change, planned or unplanned, has a significant impact on the environment, on the region, and on the quality of everyday life in our communities. Today, over 3,000 members support SVT’s work in 36 communities around the watershed of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers.”
The SVT has been a wonderful and helpful resource to the Northborough Trails Committee in creating maps for the Mt. Pisgah and Crane Swamp areas, as well as linking trails on their properties at Cedar Hill and Sawink Farm with our Little Chauncy trail, and helping to provide trail maintenance.
According to the SuAsCo home page, “The Sudbury-Assabet-Concord Watershed, located in the metro-west area of the state, encompasses a large network of tributaries that ultimately flow into the Merrimack River. The watershed has a total drainage area of approximately 377 square miles. The Assabet River flows north about 30 miles from its headwaters in Westborough, through the now densely developed urban centers of Northborough, Hudson, and Maynard, to its confluence with the Sudbury River at historic Egg Rock in Concord, where the Concord River begins.”
In partnership with SuAsCo the Northborough Trails Committee maintains trails on SuAsCo property located at Carney Park and at the Yellick Conservation area.
Assabet River Rail Trail , MA
Trail Location: Marlborough (Lincoln St) to Hudson (Wilkin St./ Route 62)
Trail Length: 5 miles
Counties: Middlesex
Activities:
Walking, Biking, Cross Country Skiing, In-line Skating, Wheelchair Accessible
Trail Surface(s):
Asphalt
Trail Description:
The first 1.25 miles of the eventual 12-mile long Assabet River Rail Trail (ARRT) opened to the public in May 2001. Construction of the next five miles started in 2003.
The ARRT is an ongoing project to link together the five communities of Marlborough, Hudson, Stow, Maynard and Acton with a multi-use trail on the site of the abandoned Fitchburg Railroad.
To learn more about this rail-trail project and to get involved with its development, please see the Trail Web site (www.ARRTinc.org).
Parking & Trail Access:
There are no designated parking spaces for the rail-trail.
A map of the trail corridor is available on the Trail Web site (www.ARRTinc.org).
Nashua River Rail Trail
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/nash.htm
Fall leaves on the Nashua River Rail Trail
Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable
978-597-8802
The Nashua River Rail Trail is a former railroad right of way that travels 11 miles through the towns of Ayer, Groton, Pepperell and Dunstable. The trail offers a 10-foot wide paved surface for the entire length, and a five-foot wide gravel equestrian path for seven miles of the trail from Groton Center to the New Hampshire boarder in Dunstable. The entire trail is open to pedestrians, bicyclists, inline skaters, wheelchairs, and cross-country skiers.
The Nashua River Rail Trail travels along a varied landscape, offers numerous scenic overlooks, opportunities to see wildlife and has several resting stops. The trail is particularly attractive during fall foliage season. The Ayer trailhead offers access to commuter rail service between Boston and Fitchburg. See www.commute.com for bicycle guidelines.
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