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Previously owned by the Whitin Machine Works, Purgatory Chasm was declared a state park in 1919. [1] The reservation is notable for its .25-mile-long (400 m), 70-foot-deep (21 m) chasm in granite bedrock with abrupt precipices and caves. Various theories have been proposed to account for the creation of the chasm.
The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor follows the Blackstone Valley from Worcester to Providence, Rhode Island.The corridor follows the course of the Industrial Revolution in America from its origin at the Slater Mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island as it first spread north along the valley to Worcester, Massachusetts, and then to the rest of the nation.
Western Gateway Heritage State Park is a history-focused Massachusetts state park in the city of North Adams managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation. [2] ...
Purgatory Chasm in Middletown. Purgatory Chasm, at the intersection of Tuckerman Avenue and Purgatory Road in Middletown (often mis-identified as being in Newport), is a narrow cleft on the east side of Easton Point which splits the Purgatory Conglomerate in a dramatic fashion. [7] [8] The chasm is 120 feet long, 10 feet wide at the top, and ...
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Borderland State Park is an American history and nature preserve with public recreational features located in the towns of Easton and Sharon, Massachusetts.The state park encompasses 1,843 acres (746 ha) surrounding the Ames Mansion, which was built in 1910.
Trail map Norwottuck Branch of the Mass Central Rail Trail The Norwottuck Branch Rail Trail , full name the Norwottuck Branch of the Mass Central Rail Trail , [ 2 ] formerly the Norwottuck Rail Trail , is an 11-mile (18 km) combination bicycle/pedestrian paved rail trail running from Northampton, Massachusetts , through Hadley and Amherst , to ...
The Bay Circuit Trail and Greenway or Bay Circuit is a Massachusetts rail trail and greenway connecting the outlying suburbs of Boston from Plum Island in Newburyport to Kingston Bay in Duxbury, a distance of 200 miles (320 km).