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Hopkinton Trail Guide TOWN OF HOPKINTON PHIPPS PROPERTY Town of Hopkinton Hopkinton Trail Guide OPENC SPACE First Edition 2006 Supported by a grant from the William P. Wharton Trust Hopkinton Open Space Preservation Commission Open Space Trail Guide OPENC SPACE Images from Lake Whitehall. (Photos by Brian Morrison) Credits: Cover photos by John Coolidge (front cover) and Andrea Underwood (back cover). Text by Ellen Chagnon, Conservation Scientist, Elaine Lazarus, Planning Director, and Brian Morrison, Conservation Commission, for Town of Hopkinton, and Community Opportunities Group, Inc. Photographs by Brian Morrison, Miles Crettien, John Coolidge, Don MacAdam, Brian Garrett, and Andrea Underwood. Trail locations verifi ed in the fi eld and GPS-documented by Hopkinton Open Space Preservation Commission, Hopkinton Girl Scout Troop 2245, Don MacAdam and Miles Crettien. College Rock trails courtesy of Beals & Th omas, Inc. GIS maps, design and production and editorial support by Community Opportunities Group, Inc. Th is publication was made possible by a grant from the William P. Wharton Trust to the Hopkinton Open Space Preservation Commission, John Coolidge, Chairman. Th e William P. Wharton Trust supports conservation study and appreciation of nature through projects with tangible and lasting results, those that seek partnerships and leverage funds to gain matching contributions. HOPKINTON TRAIL GUIDE ABOUT THIS GUIDE Hopkinton adopted an Open Space and Landscape Preservation Development (OSLPD) Bylaw that has Hopkinton is a recognized leader in open space been unusually successful. More than 70% of all protection. Th rough careful planning, land new subdivisions during the 1990s were developed acquisitions, zoning, and working closely with state as OSLPD projects and together, they preserved agencies and non-profi t land trusts, Hopkinton has more than 740 acres of open space. assembled an impressive inventory of open space: 4,700 acres, including 2,800 acres that are protected In addition, conservation-minded residents in perpetuity. Th e Hopkinton Trail Guide attests established a local land trust in 1995. Th e private, to the eff orts of several generations of residents non-profi t Hopkinton Area Land Trust (HALT) to protect the Town’s natural resources and scenic purchases and manages land, and complements views, to create open space links and corridors, the Town’s open space eff orts through fundraising, and preserve the rural qualities that distinguish providing outreach and education, constructing Hopkinton from most Boston-area suburbs. trails, and negotiating with landowners. Later, All of the open space Featured Sites Hopkinton created its own included in the Hopkinton Open Space Preservation Berry Acres Trail Guide is protected in Commission and an perpetuity. Th e featured sites College Rock Park Open Space Preservation illustrate Hopkinton’s long- Whitehall State Park Fund under Chapter 19 standing conservation ethic of the Acts of 1999. Since Cameron Highlands and its tradition of working then, the Commission in partnership with other Phipps Property has focused exclusively organizations. For example, Hopkintoin Area Land Trust (HALT) on protecting open space the Whitehall State Park was Properties and managing the Town’s protected more than 100 years open space land holdings. ago, while the Town purchased Th e Commission helps the Phipps Property in 2003. Th e sites in this landowners by negotiating conservation restrictions guide off er unique recreation opportunities and and promotes conservation and recreation land exemplify the variety of landscapes that contribute purchases. More recently, Hopkinton voters to Hopkinton’s scenic beauty. adopted the Community Preservation Act (CPA) in 2001. Under CPA, Hopkinton receives a 2% Saving Open Space surcharge on all real estate assessments. Th ese funds Hopkinton has found that protecting open space may be used to buy open space, create aff ordable requires several conservation strategies and funding housing, and preserve or rehabilitate historic sources. Local residents and businesses donated buildings. some of the fi rst parcels to the Conservation Commission and other sites were acquired through Contact Information tax title. However, the Town has also purchased Th e Hopkinton Trail Guide is a work in progress. a considerable amount of land for conservation As funds permit, the Open Space Preservation and recreation purposes and made excellent use Commission will add new trails maps when the of zoning to save open space by design. In 1988, -1- HOPKINTON TRAIL GUIDE Town acquires more land and blazes trails. Please viburnums, and witch hazel and herbs and vines contact the Conservation Commission (508-497- such as wintergreen, Canada mayfl ower, partridge 9757) or the Planning Department (508-497-9755) berry, wild sarsaparilla, ferns (many species), to make suggestions, volunteer, or inquire about ground pine, cat briar, and wild grape. preserving your property. Th e appearance of the forest and the makeup of its vegetation change with elevation, soils, HOPKINTON’S NATURAL and moisture. Th e lakes, ponds and streams HISTORY are generally surrounded by red maple swamp, including species such as highbush blueberry, Geology and Topography swamp azalea, viburnum, winterberry, skunk Th e Wisconsinan glacier covered New England cabbage, touch-me-not, sphagnum moss and red during the Pleistocene Epoch over 120,000 years maple. Beware of poison ivy in the transition areas ago and shaped Hopkinton’s hills and valleys. between wetland and upland. Th e glacier’s retreat 12,000 years ago left much of Hopkinton bedrock overlain by glacial till, or Wildlife poorly-sorted material that includes sands, gravels, Th e mammal species typically present in and rocks. Th e thin, rocky layer of topsoil results Hopkinton’s woodlands and wetlands include white in poor farming conditions. Hopkinton’s bedrock tail deer, coyote, red and gray fox, raccoon, skunk, consists almost entirely of granite, and ledge possum, gray squirrel, woodchuck, chipmunk, outcroppings can be seen in many parts of town. eastern cottontail, porcupine, muskrat, beaver, mice, and voles. People occasionally see fi sher, bobcat Hopkinton lies within three watershed basins: and river otter as well, but all three are elusive. Blackstone, Sudbury and Charles Rivers While Songbirds, water birds, and birds of prey abound in most of the Town is within the Sudbury (Concord) the wild areas of town, and wild turkey populations watershed, the headwaters of the Charles River begin are on the rise. Several residents have reported bald at Echo Lake in Hopkinton and Whitehall Brook eagle sightings in the vicinity of Lake Whitehall. feeds the Sudbury River. In general, Hopkinton’s terrain slopes rather sharply toward four man-made In the winter and spring, vernal pools can be seen water bodies: Whitehall Reservoir (575 acres) to the in the wetlands throughout Hopkinton. Th ese west, Hopkinton Reservoir (83 acres in Hopkinton) ephemeral ponds dry up in the summer and fall. to the north, and Lake Maspenock (253 acres) and Vernal pools serve as nurseries for wood frogs, and Echo Lake (105 acres in Hopkinton) to the south. spotted and marbled salamanders, and as permanent Wetlands dot the topography and small streams run homes for fairy shrimp, fi ngernail clams, and many throughout Hopkinton. other invertebrates. Th e “quacking” call of wood frogs and the high-pitched peep of the tiny spring Vegetation peeper signify proximity to vernal pools. Please Th e southern New England hardwood (or mixed treat these fragile treasures with care. deciduous) forest in Hopkinton consists primarily of red and white oak and white pine. Th e understory Common species of reptiles and amphibians in of this dense forest includes shrubs such as Hopkinton include garter snake, water snake, huckleberry, mountain laurel, sweet pepperbush, snapping and painted turtles, bullfrog, green frog, -2- HOPKINTON TRAIL GUIDE (!30 495 T §¦¨ E E R T S ET E E R L T L S D I IT A V U O A R R D 90 F K R §¦¨ O O O C L HOPKINTONR HIGHLANDS I E N V T O EET W STR E TH R I R L NO S S T O A [ _ T N E [ D S _ A 4 S T O 9 A RE 5 D (!85 [ ND R _ LONGWOOD D D E A RIVE T L L K E C DEERAN RUN UV135 H E R D F I T L ET E [ A TRE E _ L IN S R R T MBROOKA HOLLOW WHITEHALLT STATE PARK R EAS S O S 90 T G A §¦¨ R N WILEY WOODS I D E R E P W T S OO D S TRE T ET E T T E EE STREE W ET R R ART E T T EW H R S ST [ T S C _ S T A E S PL T A L L I A N E N CAMERON HIGHLANDS E M P N O TO O R H F N R A N PHIPPS PROPERTYD OA B Y LU S S T D T E EB T [ D E E R R R _ E R N R E TOWNET FORESTE T T E S Y E E L A R T BERRY ACRES R A T IN N M T O E S A M WE S M R T T M E S E AS ER T E R I H S E S T TRE N W S E I A T SuAsCoH T L R R A W S O R T O EET N EE A O R D E ST U A M T D EL H ST BlackstoneE S W T L R UM E BER CO E ST LL Charles T REE EGE T STR EET D [ A _ O R COLLEGE ROCK PARK D 495 N A §¦¨ ! 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