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Description: Greenbelt’s stunning John J. Donovan Reservation and Sagamore Hill Conservation Area provide miles of interconnected trails winding through woodlands and open hilltop fields with a distant view of the ocean. There is a cross trail that passes by the  Sagamore Hill USAF Geophysics Lab Radio and Solar Observatory.   […]

Description: Purchased by the Town of West Newbury for municipal use with help from a State grant in 2002, Dunn Field contains over 70 acres of active farm land and forest. Wide trails through the field and a single track trail through woods connect to Pipestave Hill athletic fields and […]

Description: The Topsfield Linear Common is part of the larger “Border to Boston” trail that when completed will extend from Boston to the Salisbury/NH border.   The multi-use “Rail Trail” goes from Pye Brook Lane in Boxford south to Lowell Street in Peabody. The trail utilizes the abandoned railroad bed […]

        Description: The 23-acre Ipswich River Watershed Association campus on County Road includes trails, a green building, green roof, water-wise demonstration projects and gardens, offices, a public canoe dock and remnants of formal gardens from the early 20th-century Barnard estate.   The property and trails are permanently […]

Cogswell’s Grant was the summer home of renowned collectors Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little. The Littles purchased this 165-acre property overlooking the Essex River in 1937 and carefully restored the 1728 farmhouse, preserving original finishes and documenting their work through photographs.   They donated the property to Historic New […]

Description: This site features a new trail constructed in 2013 on four contiguous parcels of conserved land in West Newbury, totaling 30 acres. The trail is about a mile in length and includes 3 sections of boardwalk through wetlands, each between 100 and 140 feet long. “The Cliff” and other […]

  Description: Contains 24 acres of town-owned conservation land acquired in 1969. Withers Conservation Area offers scenic, shoreline views along the Upper Artichoke Reservoir and connects to a loop thru the forest. Fishing is permitted. Access trail using right-of-way next to Insight Meditation Center on Middle Street or across the […]