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Description: There is an extensive network of beautiful wooded trails throughout this section of Willowdale State Forest that is enjoyed by a wide variety of trail users.   There are fire roads great for hiking (good for joggers/strollers), and extensive single track for mountain biking. The Bay Circuit Trail winds […]

        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 […]

 Photos coming soon! Description: Turkey Hill Conservation Area is a 23-acre parcel of mature wooded upland, with one of the highest undeveloped hilltops in Ipswich.   The 1-mile trail follows a steep incline to access the hill (about 1/4 mile), but then becomes a fairly level loop trail around the […]