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The Seven Sisters are the location of the Seven Sisters Trail Race every spring, a twelve-mile (19 km) "out-and-back" run that often leaves its runners bloody, bruised and exhausted. [1] In response to a proposed suburban development on the Seven Sisters in the late 1990s, several non-profit groups and local governments worked together to block ...
The Wren's Nest National Nature Reserve is world-famous geologically for its well-preserved Silurian coral reef fossils.Considered the most diverse and abundant fossil site in the British Isles, [9] more than 700 types of fossil have been found at the site, 86 of which are unique to the location, [10] including Calymene blumenbachii, a trilobite nicknamed the Dudley Bug or Dudley Locust by ...
The Dudley Hill Historic District encompasses the historic heart of Dudley, Massachusetts. The historic district is essentially linear, extending along Center Street between Dudley Hill and Tanyard Roads. This area was the first to be settled in the mid-17th century, and is composed mainly of civic, religious, and residential buildings dating ...
In addition to being a state park, portions of the park and structures within it are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The entire area surrounding Spot Pond to the east of I-93 is within the Middlesex Fells Reservoirs Historic District, and the roadways in the park and on its borders are listed as the Middlesex Fells Reservation Parkways.
Lawrence County: Go fish, view wildlife at Williams Dam State Recreation Area David Kluender fishes near the Williams Dam along the East Fork of the White River during a fishing derby in 2009.
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 Stevens Linen Works Historic District encompasses a 19th-century factory complex associated with the manufacturing of linen and flax fabric in Dudley, Massachusetts. Its centerpiece is the Stevens Linen Mill, built in the 1860s by Henry Hale Stevens and operated into the 1990s. The mill is a large granite U-shaped building, five stories ...
Hemlock Gorge Reservation is a state-owned, public recreation area and urban wild comprising 23 acres (9.3 ha) on the Charles River in Newton and Needham, Massachusetts. The reservation is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. [2]