We Welcome You to September in the Blackstone Heritage
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Blackstone Heritage Corridor’s 2015 for a walk, a tour, a bike GO!ride, a paddle, Proudly a boat ride, a special event sponsored by or harvest experience – all in the month of September in the wonderful Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. One valley… One environment… One history… All powered by the Blackstone River! So nationally significant, it was named the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. So important to the American identity, it was designated the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, the newest unit in the National Park System. It’s all water powered! GO! Table of Contents Welcome ............................................ 2-3 Maps ................................................. 4-6 Listing of Experiences & Events .......... 7-36 Support the Blackstone Heritage Corridor ............. 37 Online Shop ....................................... 38 WATER POWERED! One Depot Square, Woonsocket RI 02895 (401) 765-2211 • BlackstoneHeritageCorridor.org Blackstone Heritage Corridor’s GO! ~ 1 We welcome you to September in the Blackstone Heritage Corridor! This is the time of year when the seasons Blackstone Heritage Corridor has created blur and the hazy warmth of summer merges GO! as a sampling of all the wonderful with the crisp refreshment of autumn. We things to see and do in the Valley during don’t mind sharing our wonderful Valley with September. Join us for walks, bike a few friends… tours, boat rides, performances, harvest traditions, and more! Enjoy the Blackstone River Valley with all your senses. The music of waterfalls and the Visit BlackstoneHeritageCorridor.org for call of birds set the stage. The fragrances visitor information, calendar of events, of freshly baked bread, herbs, new apples and the Blackstone Bucket List. and wood fires add the next layer to the experience. The sights of centuries-old villages, just-turning foliage, and mounds of Just pumpkins make the trip complete. Things to remember: Help us care for the Corridor: • The experiences and events happen • Dispose of any trash responsibly. rain or shine unless experience leaders determine that conditions make the • Recycle plastic bottles and shopping routes unsafe. bags. • Wear layered clothing, supportive foot- • Take only pictures. wear and take water, snacks, sunscreen • Leave only footsteps. and bug repellent. • Respect private property. • If you are thinking of inviting a dog companion to a dog-friendly experience, please invite only those that have been vaccinated and are sporting a leash; and remember to pick up any waste. 2 ~ Blackstone Heritage Corridor’s GO! 2015 ~ 3 ike np 90 To Lowell National ur T Historical Park s 95 tt se u NEWTON ch sa See map Northborough as M 122 495 Sudbury 9 190 To Boston details on Reservoir Paxton 290 122 Southborough Lake page 6 A Cochituate Indian 30 WELLESLEY 9 128 Lake Assumption College 12 SHREWSBURY NATICK MOOSE HILL 56 FRAMINGHAM UMass WILDLIFE WORCESTER Medical Center Regatta Point 90 NEEDHAM MANAGEMENT American Antiquarian Society State Park 135 Worcester AREA Old Leicester Worcester Polytechnic Institute Art Museum 9 Airfield Becker College Westborough Worcester Historical Museum 20 Worcester Elm Park Worcester EcoTarium 140 27 Regional Mechanics Hall Mass. College Airport State College Lake City Hall of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Quinsigamond Coes Union Ashland 16 9 Station Quinsigamond Tufts University 9 Becker College O Reservoir State Park School of Veterinary Medicine 95 (Leicester Campus) Clark University 122 12 Cherry College of the Valley Holy Cross Dover Burncoat 30 Pond Leicester Visitor Willard House Sherborn Blackstone Q and Clock Museum Center u Broad Meadow Brook i n 126 LEICESTER Heritage Wildlife Sanctuary s ig North Grafton a 495 Hopkinton Cedar Meadow Corridor Quinsigamond m o Pond Village n Visitor Center B d l t Gr a Whitehall e ea 90 e t c R Westwood C Worcester GRAFTON tr e k i S d Reservoir a v r S s w t e a o in mp r a 27 n Stoneville M 56 12 e 27 Hassanamisco t 109 s Grafton Common UPTON e Reservation 290 W MILLBURY STATE AUBURN FOREST Holliston Auburn Indian R Armory Village 16 Rochdale iv Burying Ground e Millbury r 290 Old Millbury 122 NORWOOD P 90 Common &W Medfield R a 85 ke 20 ilr pi Bramanville oa UPTON rn P d Farnumsville Tu West s 56 395 Upton ett West 122 Upton us Wilkinsonville A MASSACHUSETTS ch sa Millbury as 146 Saundersville 1 M Millis Singletary Fisherville Bl 140 To Springfield ac Pond ks Armory National to Historic Site ne 126 Upton Rockdale R State Forest 20 iv Sutton e 12 r 109 Walpole JOHN H. CHAFEE e ik p MILFORD Cha s Medway rn Northbridge rle Tu Sutton Riverdale ail W r Center R r T Charlton State Forest The Little Red Shop ive ne e SUTTON kli 27 s un l t Draper Mill 4 Tr a r Purgatory Chasm NORTHBRIDGE t en d C State Park Plummer’s Landing an Hopedale gl I n E ) Plummer Corner d Sutton State Forest se 140 o ew p R West o Whitins Lookout White City N (pr i v n Oxford West Sutton Pond 122 Hill er Rock e h ut r Dam 16 HOPEDALE o 13 Whitinsville S Mendon 495 1A 21 Whitin Machine Works Goat Hill Lock Waters Farm Blackstone River 395 Linwood 28and Canal Heritage Blackstone Heritage Corridor Manchaug Lackey State Park Manchaug Pond Rogerson’s Village Visitor Center Pond Manchaug Mills Crown5 & Eagle27 Mill Nipmuck River Bend Farm State Park Blanchard North Uxbridge 95 Pond r Quarry e Rivulet Cornet John Farnum House v Bellingham 140 i 11 R Village East Wheelockville Douglas ford 16 Stanley Woolen Mill MENDON d Mum FRANKLIN 1 a Capron Park M 140 o Uxbridge r l i i E.N. Jenckes Store Museum 16 P l a 146 & l Quissett Hill Wildlife R W Whitin Management Area Lake W R Foxboro Reservoir Pearl & a Wrentham i P l DOUGLAS r M o Daniels Farm a R d i Douglas Quaker v Chestnut Hill Meeting e 16 r Meeting House 126 House Dudley Webster STATE East Blackstone BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY Friends Meeting House r Lake DOUGLAS MILLVILLE e v 122 i Chaubunagungamaug R 121 BLACKSTONE 7 UXBRIDGE THE LAST GREEN VALLEY FOREST s Millville er Mansfield Triad Bridge et P Blackstone Heritage Corridor MASSACHUSETTS Ironstone 146 24Mammoth 98 A Blackstone Mill Ruins 140 CONNECTICUT CONNECTICUT Visitor Center 1A Millville Lock Museum of Work and Culture W Richardson Farm Blackstone NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR a World War II l Ballou Cemetery 495 l Gorge u State Park MASSACHUSETTS Cold and Meeting House m Bi-State Spring RI Site Round Top Park 8 To Cape Cod RHODE ISLAND Park Blackstone Heritage MASS Fishing Area 22 197 Plainville L 23Corridor Office National l BUCK HILL a Harris Hall ai k 17 Seashore r T e BLACK HUT Slatersville Diamond Hill State Park e 98 lin Woonsocket Falls Diamond Hill k d) MANAGEMENT Centennial Park 3 6 114 n Forestdale u se K Reservoir Tr o MANAGEMENT Directions p AREA WOONSOCKET ro Slatersville p ( Union Friends Meeting Diamond Hill d Reservoirs n House To River Bend Farm in a 100 102 Village l r g AREA n Spring e NORTH E BURRILLVILLE v Uxbridge: Take Mass. Lake i 146 Bla 120 R 104 c Nasonville k s w A Arnold Mills ATTLEBORO 146 to exit for Mass. 16. e t Wilson o Cumberland N 5 n e Follow Mass. 16 east to Reservoir Hill 146 n r 7 h White Mill Park c R e Harrisville n Manville Mass. 122. Take Mass. 122 h a i 122 t r v 120 B u The Assembly Q e north and turn right onto o Bridgeton r S NORTH SMITHFIELD Albion 16 126 Hartford Avenue. Turn Bridgeton Car Barn Fort Wildlife Refuge Bridges CUMBERLAND Oakland 104 L West right onto Oak Street. 20 Pascoag 295 123 Thompson 102 Albion Blackstone Heritage Corridor Primrose Woonsocket The farm is on the left. Lake GEORGE Pascoag 7 Reservoir Visitor Center Reservoir Mapleville Blackstone River WASHINGTON Sucker No. 3 Kelly House/Blackstone River State Park Pond State Park To Museum of Work and MANAGEMENT NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR 1 ATTLEBORO Culture in Woonsocket: Kelly House Ashton 114 116 The Monastery Take R.I. 146 to exit for AREA Quinnville CONNECTICUT Casimir Pulaski Bryant Lime Rock Preserve Berkeley R.I. 104. Follow R.I. 104 Memorial State Park College Lime Rock 123 44 Bowdish G north for two miles. North Gate Toll House Quarry r Hawkins Reservoir e a Ann & Hope Mill Museum is on right at 42 Pond t 95 Chepachet LINCOLN South Main Street. West Ro William Blackstone Memorial Park Glocester Job Armstrong Store 123 26 a Blackstone River Theatre Brown and Hopkins Country Store Stillwater Great Road d Lonsdale Acotes Hill 5 Historic District 12 To Blackstone River State Valley Falls Marsh DURFEE HILL Scotstun 44 Stillwater Park Visitor Center: Town Forest Smith-Appleby MANAGEMENT Reservoir 116 Valley Falls Valley Falls Heritage Park House Lincoln Woods State Park 25 Take I-295 north. Visitor AREA Smith and Sayles Central Blackstone Heritage Reservoir Georgiaville Saylesville 19Falls Pierce Park and Riverwalk center is located on I-295 Pond Phillips Farm SMITHFIELD Landing d Corridor between exits 9 and 10 in a Jenks Park and Cogswell Tower o Spragueville r Lincoln, R.I. l Ponaganset Harmony Visitor Center i Georgiaville CENTRAL FALLS a Reservoir GLOCESTER Slater Mill Historic Site R West Waterman J&P Coats Mill Complex Keech Greenville 295 W Pond 102 Reservoir Slater Mill To Blackstone Valley & P 14 Visitor Center in Paw- 114 Slater Park Greenville Moshassuck Pawtucket tucket: From I-95 north Powder W 15 River Town Landing Alexander Killingly RHODE ISLAND o take exit 28.