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Trails & Signs

The Northborough Trails Committee uses two types of trail blazes, either a triangular shaped plastic trail blaze (some will have an “N” on the marker designating the trail is under our stewardship) or the blaze will be a circle painted on a tree. Each of the six recreational areas where trails are located have a map box containing a map of the trails in that area, and the trails should all have Trail Head signs to help you navigate your trip through the woods.
Clicking on the map of Northborough below will bring you to descriptions of the Trail Areas and links that will open directions and a detailed map of that trials area for you to download and print, in a new window. Use the following link if you’d like to print all of the maps as a packet from a PDF File - http://www.town.northborough.ma.us/gis_web/maps/Northborough%20Trails.pdf

MT. PISGAH TRAILS AREA
Click on trail sign for map and directions to open in new window.

Features in this trails area include:-

• Hardwood forest on former farmland
• Highest point in Northborough - It's marked at the intersection of the Summit Trail and the Tyler Trail. Look for the cairn, the marker is to the right.
• Two scenic vistas to the east; Boston skyscrapers visible on a clear day
• Connection to trails in Berlin
• 92 Acres of land owned by MassWildLife

EDMUND HILL WOODS TRAILS AREA
Click on trail sign for map and directions to open in new window.

Features in this trails area include:-

• A drumlin (oblong hill) of glacial origin
• Tall pine forest formed on the bed of glacial Lake Assabet
• "Sliding" boulders on steep slopes
• Numerous American Chestnut sprouts
• Vernal pools
• Historical Interpretive Trail and Brochure

LITTLE CHAUNCEY & CEDAR HILL TRAILS AREA
Click on trail sign for map and directions to open in new window.

Features in this trails area include:-

• Boardwalk through wet meadow
• Diverse hardwood forest on north-facing slopes
• Pine and spruce plantations
• Clear-cut open field for wildlife habitat enhancement and numerous birdhouses at top of Cedar Hill
• Crane Swamp, an extensive wetland meadow
• Access to Sudbury Valley Trustee land on Cedar Hill and at the Sawink Farm in Westborough

WATSON PARK TRAILS AREA
Click on trail sign for map and directions to open in new window.

Features on this trail include:-

• Views of Bartlett Pond, a manmade pond built in the 1800s
• Open fields that form a habitat for bluebirds
• Butterfly garden at entrance
• Lyman Street town well constructed in a productive sand and gravel aquifer

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CARNEY PARK/COLD HARBOR TRAILS AREA
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Features on this trail include:-

• A long SuAsCo dam and beautiful views of the watershed area
• The Cold Harbor Trail winding through the watershed all the way to Cherry Street, and then to Church Street

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CARLSTROM II FOREST

Click on trail sign for map and directions to open in new window.

Features on the Jubulee trail in the Carlstrom II Forest include:-

• A diverse hardwood forest that is characteristic of central New England
• Regeneration of an area harvested for lumber and firewood in 2004
• A large glacial erratic boulder perched on a bedrock ledge,
• A vernal pool-type of wetland
• A small white pine grove on a bedrock ridge
• Overlooks to the east from a cliff

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YELLICK CONSERVATION AREA
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Features on this trail include:-

• Access to the Assabet River and large meadows
• The Coyote Trail brings you onto the opposite side of the Assabet River

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