Groton Trails Committee 25 Points of Interest

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The Groton Trails Committee invites you to explore 25 special points of interest in the Groton trails system to celebrate our 25th anniversary!

Groton has over 10 square miles of conservation land with roughly 130 miles of maintained trails. Take the trails to explore lakes, eskers, oxbows, drumlins, kettle holes, rivers & streams, vernal pools, fields, hills, farms, swimming holes, beaver dams, etc. Of all the amazing places there are to visit in Groton, we have selected the following 25 points of interest to be used for our anniversary event:

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Duck Pond - kettle pond at Buckingham Point

Sorhaug Woods - Williams Barn & Bruce Clements Memorial

Hawtree - Unkety Brook observation deck (Eagle Scout project)

Gamlin Crystal Spring - Indian Rock Trail overlook

Shattuck Homestead - Baddacook Pond views

Gibbet Hill - summit (2nd highest point in Groton); Bancroft “Castle”; Wachusett Mtn., Mt. Watatic, and Grand Monadnock views

Scarlett Hill – summit; Grand Monadnock, horse farm, & Boston Towers views

Shepley Hill - Soapstone Quarry

Town Forest - triple point for Towns of Groton, Shirley, and Ayer (in Nashua River 200 feet south of the abandoned RR bridge)

Town Forest - Ames Pond (glacial kettle pond)

Town Forest - other kettle holes between Ames Pond Rd. & TF Rd.

J. Harry Rich State Forest - Tinker Trail; wildlife nesting area overlook at the accessible picnic table

Fitch’s Bridge - Nashua River crossing at the end of the Ice Line Trail

Bertozzi - rapids and swimming hole on Squannacook River

Groton School Pond – site of former golf course; beaver lodges and waterfowl

Bates-Blackman - overlook of Groton Hill Music Center

Perry Land - stone monolith

Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary - owl and Great Blue Heron nests

Cronin - sand dune (glacial feature)

Skinner Forest - esker (glacial feature) on Whitney Pond

Gamlin Crystal Spring - Esker Trail; views of June 2020 microburst storm damage

Wharton Plantation‘s Great Blue Heron Rookery

Groton Place - memorials to Bucky Dumaine & his horse Pat Rooney

Blackman Woods and Field – Matisse’s Forest Bells

General Field – views of Mt. Wachusett and sunsets; working farm

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