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The following is a list of old-growth forests in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Old growth is defined as those forests that have not been logged (and have not been significantly disturbed by human beings) in the last 150 years. "Virgin forests" are those old-growth forests that show no sign of having ever been logged.
The Oxford Main Street Historic District is a national historic district encompassing the historic center of Oxford, Massachusetts.The 95-acre (38 ha) district extends along Main Street from Huguenot Street in the south to Front Street in the north.
Present day Oxford and the areas surrounding it were inhabited for thousands of years before European colonization.Although archaeological sites exist in Central Massachusetts dating back to the Paleoindian period (12,000-9000 years before present) there are much more abundant archaeological remains starting in the period from 6500 to 3000 years before present, including an arrowhead ...
The Kimball Tavern is among the oldest buildings in Massachusetts, and one of the oldest buildings in the city of Haverhill. A plaque identifies it as the site of the founding of Bradford College in 1802. Stanley Lake House: Topsfield 1693 Stanley Lake House, built in 1693, is a historic house at 95 River Road in Topsfield, Massachusetts.
Wychwood or Wychwood Forest is a 501.7-hectare (1,240-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Witney in Oxfordshire. [1] [2] It is also a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, [3] and an area of 263.4 hectares (651 acres) is a national nature reserve [4] [5] The site contains a long barrow dating to the Neolithic period, which is a scheduled monument.
Estabrook Woods pond. The Estabrook Woods is a wild tract of more than 1,700 acres (6.9 km 2) of woodland, hills, ledge, and swamp straddling Concord and Carlisle Massachusetts, two miles (3 km) north of the center of Town of Concord. [1] It is the largest contiguous and undeveloped woodland within thirty miles of Boston. [2]
The Scott's Wood area is located in southernmost central Milton, extending along Hillside Street roughly between Randolph Avenue (Massachusetts Route 28) and the border of the Blue Hills Reservation. The district covers about 122 acres (49 ha) of hilly terrain below the heights of the Blue Hills.
Hammond Pond Reservation is a protected woodland park in Newton, Massachusetts. It features Hammond Pond, fishing and hiking trails as well as formations of sandstone conglomerate and Roxbury puddingstone which are popular for rock climbing. [3] [4] The reservation is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston.