Trail Guide
Here is a list of all the conservation properties you might like to visit in Westford. The trail maps accompanying each property description can be used with a smartphone to show your location or to get directions.
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Abbot Trails
The trail from Cummings Road to the north end of the Abbot School has been in use since at least 1991, according to Trust…
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Acker Conservation Land
The first parcel of land donated to the Conservation Trust in 1985, was the Acker property on Stony Brook. This 15-acre parcel is just…
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Beaver Brook
Beaver Brook is one of several natural watershed drainage basins in Westford. Heading northeast, Beaver Brook meanders through Westford creating a true wildlife haven…
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Blakes Hill
Westford’s newest big trail was constructed in the Burn’s Hill Conservation Area in 2014. The Burn’s Hill Loop Trail begins with a quarter-mile trail…
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Buckboard Drive
Topographic Map
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Cider Mill Pond
Cider Mill Pond is in the midst of 39 acres of conservation land, an attractive woodland covered mainly by large white pines. A cider…
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Edwards Beach
Moses Edwards purchased the land in 1867 and for many years leased it to the YMCA, which ran Nabnasset Camp in summer. In the…
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Emmet Woods
Emmet Woods – In 2016, Mass Audubon announced the opening of a new large area of trails they call “Emmet Woods”. This area is…
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Frances Hill
This land is dear to Trust founders, Marian and Bill Harman, who lived here until moving to a lower maintenance home in 2018. “The…
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Grassy Pond Life Course and Trail
Grassy Pond is a lovely little wooded conservation area, owned by the Town since 1971 and managed by the Westford Conservation Commission. This nearly…
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Griffin Road
All the “Bear” roads were developed in 1989, Jarvis Way in 1991, and Shannon Circle in 1986. The Trust developed the trails, working with…
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Hildreth Meadow
This 2.95 acre parcel was purchased by the Trust in 2015. Since then, the meadow has been restored to its former state, and a…
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Hyacinth – Juniper Hill
There are interesting trails in the Juniper Hill Road neighborhood and also in the Hyacinth Drive neighborhood. Those neighborhoods are pretty separated for cars…
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Kissacook Hill Trails
Many of us think that in order to experience the “Great Outdoors” we have to load up the wagon and head for the hills.…
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Kloppenburg
There’s a lot of variety along the trail in the Kloppenburg Conservation Land – small brook crossings and considerable uphill and downhill hiking. You…
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Lyberty Way
These trails encompass a remarkably wild area in the midst of one of the most developed parts of Westford. The industry along Lyberty Way…
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Martina Gage Town Forest
The Martina Gage property and trail is nestled between Old Lowell Road and Hart Pond which is also called Baptist Pond. The conservation area…
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Mystery Spring
Tadmuck Swamp is one of Westford’s largest wetlands, stretching from Main Street on the north to south of Littleton Road (Rt. 110), and from…
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Nashoba Brook Watershed
A wonderful area to explore is the Town’s Richard Emmet Conservation Land and Mass Audubon’s Nashoba Brook Sanctuary. Together they comprise over 500 acres…
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O’Brien Farm
The O’Brien family purchased the O’Brien Farm in 1896. The Farm contains open meadows, forested upland, a wooded swamp, marshlands and Pond Brook. You…
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Peace Trail
The Peace Trail was named by the boys of Cub Scout Pack 95. While clearing the trail, they disposed of a huge number of…