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Sudbury, Framingham, Marlborough, Southborough, Ashland, Sherborn
Disclaimer and Cautions: The Bay Circuit Alliance, as the advocate and promoter of the Bay Circuit Trail, expressly disclaims responsibility for injuries or damages that may arise from using the trail. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of maps or completeness of warnings about hazards that may exist. Portions of the trail are along roads or train tracks and involve crossing them. Users should pay attention to traffic and walk on the shoulder of roads facing traffic, not on the pavement, cross only at designated locations and use extreme care. Children and pets need to be closely monitored and under control. about 100 yds west of jct with Horse Pond Rd. Follow the Salamander Trail markers (here the BCT overlaps with the Salamander Trail). The Salamander trail makes a sharp turn to left and returns to parking lot. Map 8 - Sudbury, Framingham, Marlborough, 0.5 Continue straight, entering the Nobscot Boy Scout Reservation (no horses, dogs must be on leash), and Southborough, Ashland, Sherborn - BAY turn right in about 20 yds. Bear right and follow tr CIRCUIT TRAIL route along base of ledge, climbing NW to ascend ridge. (as shown on map 8 dated February 2020) Turn left at T jct at ridge line. (text updated February 2020) Follow ridge to ledge, bear right at fork just north of ledge for more gradual ascent, and ascend to The BCT often follows pre-existing local trails; BCT- Tippling Rock (426-ft elevation) with good views specific blazing is a work in progress and may be sparse to east from north of Boston to the Blue Hills and in segments. -
Map 6 -Billerica, Bedford, Acton, Carlisle, Concord
Disclaimer and Cautions: The Bay Circuit Alliance, as the advocate and promoter of the Bay Circuit Trail, expressly disclaims responsibility for injuries or damages that may arise from using the trail. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of maps or completeness of warnings about hazards that may exist. Portions of the trail are along roads or train tracks and involve crossing them. Users should pay attention to traffic and walk on the shoulder of roads facing traffic, not on the pavement, cross only at designated locations and use extreme care. Children and pets need to be closely monitored and under control. 0.7 Kiosk for start of MCC fitness trail. To right Extension (also known as the Reformatory of kiosk, head south on trail into woods. Branch), where Bay Circuit 0.8 Cross MCC south entrance road, right for 150 marking picks up again. ft along grassed shoulder, and left into the 3.0 The dedicated BCT route turns right onto woods. Springs Rd sidewalk to jct of Springs Rd and Map 6 -Billerica, Bedford, Acton, Carlisle, 1.0 Cross Springs Rd into Governor Winthrop Hillside Ave. Use cross walk to continue Concord - BAY CIRCUIT TRAIL route Conservation Area and follow paths north of south on Springs Rd using sidewalk. This wetlands and woodlands. (as shown on map 6 dated July 2017) stretch of the BCT passes period homes and 1.4 Left onto Narrow Gauge Rail Trail to (text updated July 2017) the Old Burying Ground of the Bedford Sweetwater Ave. Historic District. 3.4 Reach Bedford Center at jct of Springs Rd The BCT often follows pre-existing local trails; L N42 30.889 W71 16.554 BCT-specific blazing is a work in progress and and Great Rd (Rtes 4/225). -
2018 Open Space & Recreation Plan
Town of Sherborn Open Space and Recreation Plan 2018 [Copyright © Town of Sherborn, Massachusetts 2018] Town of Sherborn 19 Washington St. Sherborn MA 01770 https://www.sherbornma.org/ Final editing and layout: Brian Hotchkiss, Wordesign Services www.wordesignservices.com Cover photo: Farm Pond. Source: S. Antell Contents List of maps — List of tables v 1 — Plan Summary 1 Vision and major recommendations 2 — Introduction 5 Statement of purpose Planning process and public participation 3 — Community Setting A. Regional Context 12 Location and regional links — Regional development trends —Regional planning resources — Regional conservation organizations — Regional recreational resources B. History 16 History of Sherborn agriculture — History of Sherborn open space and recreation Organizations and activities C. Current Population Characteristics 18 D. Growth and Development Patterns 19 Patterns and trends — Infrastructure — Long-term development patterns: Control through zoning regulation — Current zoning regulations: Implications for open space preservation 4 — Environmental Inventory and Analysis A. Geology, Soils, and Topography 30 Bedrock geology — Surficial geology — Soils: Major categories — Septic system placement — Soils: Agricultural — Topography B. Landscape Character 36 C. Water Resources Watersheds — Surface water — Aquifer recharge areas — Aquifers — Protection of water resources — Flood hazard areas and storm-water management — Wetlands D. Vegetation 47 Vegetation of Sherborn’s landscape — Plant species — Public shade trees -
Framingham Open Space and Recreation Plan DRAFT November
Framingham Open Space and Recreation Plan DRAFT November 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Plan Summary ....................................................... 3 Chapter 2: Introduction ............................................................ 6 Chapter 3: Community Setting ................................................ 9 Chapter 4: Environmental Inventory and Analysis ................ 15 Chapter 5: Inventory of Lands ............................................... 48 Chapter 6: Community Vision ............................................... 77 Chapter 7: Analysis of Need ................................................. 78 Chapter 8: Goals and Objectives .......................................... 85 Chapter 9: The Seven Year Action Plan ............................... 87 LIST OF MAPS ................................................................... 105 APPENDICES (PENDING) ................................................. 106 Chapter 1: Plan Summary A. Purpose The overall purpose of the 2020 Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP) is to serve as a guide for protecting, managing, improving, and expanding Framingham’s open space and recreation resources in the face of continuing development pressures. More specifically, the purposes of this OSRP are: • To identify unique open space and recreation assets and places that have ecological, recreational, civic, historic and/or scenic value; • To prioritize the open space and recreation needs for all citizens of Framingham; • To identify specific goals, objectives, and recommended priority -
Charles River Link Trail Guide
CHARLES RIVER LINK TRAIL GUIDE www.charlesriverlink.org A sixteen-mile, six-town regional trail from Newton to the Bay Circuit Trail in Medfield Natural Resources Commission Wellesley Trails Committee www.wellesleytrails.org Wellesley, MA August, 2019 General Information The Charles River Link is a regional trail connecting two major trails in Boston MetroWest - The Bay Circuit Trail in Medfield and the future extension of the Charles River Reservation Path in Newton to Wellesley. It provides a trail along one of the most scenic parts of the Charles River, a linkage between open space and conservation reservations along the river, and eventually a connection between the Bay Circuit Trail and downtown Boston. Website at charlesrivelink.org. Length: 16.5 miles Connected Towns: 6 Off Road: 11.4 miles (69%) Touches the Charles: 5 times Highest Elevation: 410 feet (Pegan Hill) Lowest Elevation: 50 feet (Cordingly Dam) Google Maps: Get link from website Trail markers are 4" circular disks mounted on trees, trail posts, telephone poles, and street sign posts. An evergreen tree serves as an arrow to indicate direction of travel. Turns are marked before or at a trail intersection and with a confirmation marker after the turn. The trail route is through suburban towns, and users are asked to stay on the trail. If you wander off trail, you may enter private property and jeopardize future trail usage. Portions of the trail, as indicated in the trail description, have restrictions where dogs and/or bikes are not permitted. Please abide by these restrictions. Practice good trail usage and etiquette. -
Sudbury Reconnaissance Report
SUDBURY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT FREEDOM’S WAY LANDSCAPE INVENTORY MASSACHUSETTS HERITAGE LANDSCAPE INVENTORY PROGRAM Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Freedom’s Way Heritage Association PROJECT TEAM Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Jessica Rowcroft, Preservation Planner Division of Planning and Engineering Freedom’s Way Heritage Association Mary Whitney, President Marge Darby, Chair, Advisory Committee Project Consultants Shary Page Berg Gretchen G. Schuler Local Project Coordinator Jody Kablack, Town Planner Local Heritage Landscape Participants Barbara Bahlkow Pat Brown Milly Chandler, FWHA Christa Collins Susan Crane Debbie Dineen Becky Fairbank Maurice Fitzgerald Winifred Fitzgerald Linda Hawes Honora Haynes Jody Kablack Carole LaMonde Carol Lynn Deirdre Menoyo Adam Miller Christopher Morley Henry Noer Dennis Prefontaine Liz Radoski Julie Ryan Benjamin Stahl Shirley Stahl Lee Swanson Mary Whitney, FWHA Carole Wolfe June 2006 Cover Photographs Sudbury River from Sherman’s Bridge, Mill on Carding Mill Pond Old Town Cemetery at Sudbury Center CONTENTS Introduction . 1 Sudbury History . 2 Priority Heritage Landscapes . 3 Hop Brook Corridor Hunt-Bent Farm Indian Grinding Stone Nobscot Reservation Sudbury River Corridor Town Center Water Row Corridor Wayside Inn Complex Critical Concerns. 13 Agriculture Impact of Land Use Decisions Scenic Roads Stone Walls Existing Resource Documentation and Planning Tools . 15 Inventory of Historic and Archaeological Assets State and National Registers of Historic -
Bay Circuit Trail
Map 8 Sudbury, Framingham, Marlborough, Southborough, About 50 yds after stream crossing turn left at T jct (trail right, Ashland, Sherborn - about 400 yds round trip, goes to “Ford’s Folly,” a massive BAY CIRCUIT TRAIL route stone dam that never held water) Sudbury proposed BCT: A proposal for connecting Wayland to Continue up hill and enter Framingham Wittenborg Woods Sudbury uses an abandoned RR that parallels Rte 20 and is Turn left at T jct about 20 yds beyond stone wall and follow stone part of the proposed Wayside Bike & Pedestrian Trail. It will walls around perimeter of Wittenborg Woods up the hill. access the right of way opposite the entrance to the Polaroid (Trail to left along stone wall goes back to Nobscot Hill with Plant on Rte 20 about 200 yards from its jct with Route 27 some bush whacking) near the Wayland Town Hall complex. Proposed tr follows Bear right at fork just after first trail to right (houses on left) abandoned RR tracks to Horse Pond Rd in Sudbury, turns left Cross stone wall into SVT easement across private property and for 0.5 mile to Rte 20. It turns right on Rte 20 (after crossing another stone wall to enter SVT’s Gross Tract to the south side) for about 50 yds before reaching the Go down hill to tr jct. driveway for Sudbury Conservation Commission’s Weisblatt Turn right, go down hill, and along stone wall. Turn left just property. before stone wall, cross Wayside Inn Rd, and enter SVT’s From Wayland, trail users may continue on temporary trail Henry’s Hill (P = 3) marked with white blazes. -
Sudbury, MA Town Manager
Sudbury, MA Town Manager Community & Position Profile The Community The Town of Sudbury, Massachusetts, is an attractive community of approximately 19,000 residents located 20 miles west of Boston. Sudbury is a desirable community to live and work in due to its location, excellent public-school system, attractive neighborhoods, high property values, abundant open space, and well-managed local government. Sudbury has a strong sense of community as well as a tradition of highly responsive government service and strong financial management. To continue its tradition of excellence, the Town is seeking a highly communicative, approachable, and visionary leader to serve as its next Town Manager. History: The Town of Sudbury was settled in 1638 and incorporated in 1639 with a population of 476. Sudbury is one of the oldest towns in New England and has one of the longest running Town Meeting forms of government. At the time of its incorporation, Sudbury boundaries included all of what is now Wayland, which split off in 1780, and portions of Framingham, Marlborough, Stow, and Maynard. A major battle of the King Philip War was fought in Sudbury in 1676, and the Sudbury militia helped fire the “shot heard round the world.” One of the Town’s historic landmarks, the Wayside Inn, is believed to be the country’s oldest operating inn, which was built and operated by the Howe family for many generations. Henry Ford purchased the inn in 1923 , restored it, and donated it to a charitable foundation which continues to run it as an operating inn to this day. The inn inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s series of poems, “Tales from a Wayside Inn.” After World War II, Sudbury experienced rapid growth in both population and industry. -
Sudbury Reconnaissance Report
SUDBURY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT FREEDOM’S WAY LANDSCAPE INVENTORY MASSACHUSETTS HERITAGE LANDSCAPE INVENTORY PROGRAM Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Freedom’s Way Heritage Association PROJECT TEAM Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Jessica Rowcroft, Preservation Planner Division of Planning and Engineering Freedom’s Way Heritage Association Mary Whitney, President Marge Darby, Chair, Advisory Committee Project Consultants Shary Page Berg Gretchen G. Schuler Local Project Coordinator Jody Kablack, Town Planner Local Heritage Landscape Participants Barbara Bahlkow Pat Brown Milly Chandler, FWHA Christa Collins Susan Crane Debbie Dineen Becky Fairbank Maurice Fitzgerald Winifred Fitzgerald Linda Hawes Honora Haynes Jody Kablack Carole LaMonde Carol Lynn Deirdre Menoyo Adam Miller Christopher Morley Henry Noer Dennis Prefontaine Liz Radoski Julie Ryan Benjamin Stahl Shirley Stahl Lee Swanson Mary Whitney, FWHA Carole Wolfe June 2006 Cover Photographs Sudbury River from Sherman’s Bridge, Mill on Carding Mill Pond Old Town Cemetery at Sudbury Center CONTENTS Introduction . 1 Sudbury History . 2 Priority Heritage Landscapes . 3 Hop Brook Corridor Hunt-Bent Farm Indian Grinding Stone Nobscot Reservation Sudbury River Corridor Town Center Water Row Corridor Wayside Inn Complex Critical Concerns. 13 Agriculture Impact of Land Use Decisions Scenic Roads Stone Walls Existing Resource Documentation and Planning Tools . 15 Inventory of Historic and Archaeological Assets State and National Registers of Historic -
RECEIVED S 2 1 2007 DEP NORTHEAST Regional OFF ICE Prepared For
CDW CONSULTANTS, INC. PHASE I INITIAL SITE IN\ESTIGATION 5 Commonwealth Road Natick, MA Release Tracking Number 31-0575 RECEIVED S 2 1 2007 DEP NORTHEAST REGiONAL OFF ICE Prepared for Omni Realty I rust P.(). Isox 2095 Natick, Vi\ 01760 August 20. 2007 CDW Project #: 1069,00 40 Speen Street, Suite 307. Framingham. MA 01701 r58 875-2657 FAX 508-875-6617 wwwcdwconsultants cor 5 Commonwealth Rd Natick, MA CDW Project #01069.00 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PHASE I INITIAL SITE INVESTIGATION SUMMARY............................. I 1.0 Introduction .. .. ................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Pu rp o se ................................................................................................... ................. I 2.0 G eneral Site Inform ation ................................................... ............................................. 2 2.1 Site Location and D escription...................................... .................................... 2 2.2 Surrounding Land U se Description............................................ ....................... 3 2.3 N atural R esources R eview .................................................................................... 3 2.4 State & Federal Records Review ................................... .................................. 4 2.4.1 RCRA Hazardous Waste Generators List............................4 2.4.2 State Hazardous Waste Sites/Massachusetts Release Tracking Database .5 2.4.3 Leaking Underground Storage Tanks -
302 CMR 12.00 Parks and Recreation Rules
302 CMR: DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION 302 CMR 12.00: PARKS AND RECREATION RULES Section 12.00: 12.01: General Provisions 12.02: Definitions 12.03: Hours of Operations 12.04: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Generally 12.05: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Appalachian Trail 12.06: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Beaches 12.07: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Boating 12.08: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Camping and Campsites 12.09: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Fires, Burning 12.10: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Golf Courses 12.11: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Hunting, Fishing, Trapping 12.12: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Non-Motorized Vehicles; Trails 12.13: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Pets, Horses, and Other Domesticated Animals 12.14: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Recreational Vehicles 12.15: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Skating Rinks 12.16: Rules of Conduct on DCR Properties – Swimming Pools 12.17: Permits 12.18: Variance 12.19: Revocation of Permits 12.20: Violations and Enforcement 12.21: Appeals 12.22: Rates and Fees 12.01: General Provisions (1) Purpose 302 CMR 12.00 governs the conduct of activities on property of the Commonwealth under the care, custody, and control of the Department of Conservation and Recreation. (2) The Commissioner may make any regulatory provision in 302 CMR 12.00 more stringent than that set forth in the particular provision. (3) Construction a. 302 CMR 12.00 shall be liberally construed to permit the Department of Conservation and Recreation to discharge its statutory functions. -
PWC Master Plan Appendix 2
Sudbury Ponds and Waterways Committee Master Plan Appendix 3 – Watersheds Last updated April 2013 General History The history of Sudbury and the history of its ponds and waterways cannot be told in the absence of each other. What Sudbury was in its first 200 years, where its settlers chose to build their homes and what they did to survive in their new world and to feed their families cannot be told without understanding Sudbury’s water bodies and streams. First, the original Sudbury settlement, in what is now Wayland, was established west of the rapidly growing Boston area along the east side of what is now the Sudbury River. Its wide and productive meadowland provided deep and rich soil to grow crops and the river provided fish to eat. But as the Town grew, the next generation one by one moved to the west side for land of their own. Eventually when the west and east side decided to become separate Towns, it was the river that became the natural Town boundary. As settlers moved to the west side of the river they, as those before them, located their homes along the streams. This was for water, for fish, and where dams could be built to form ponds and to provide waterpower. Sudbury was largely a settlement of farmers who raised crops to feed their families and their livestock and as the community grew beyond initial log cabins, they needed power to saw trees into boards, to grind grain into meal and flour, to form iron in nails and other forms needed for the greater community and also to provide the energy for other small scale manufacturing to support the local economy.