25 Special Places
Of all the amazing places/properties there are to visit in Groton, here are 25 places chosen by the Groton Trails Network:
- Duck Pond – kettle pond view at Buckingham Point
- Sorhaug Woods – Williams Barn, Bruce Clements Memorial
- Hawtree – Unkety Brook observation deck
- Gamlin Crystal Spring – Indian Rock Trail overlook
- Nipmuc Meadows – Baddacook Pond views
- Gibbet Hill – summit (2nd highest point in Groton); Bancroft “Castle”; views of Mt. Wachusett, Mt. Watatic, and Grand Monadnock
- Scarlet Hill – summit: views of Grand Monadnock, horse farm, & Boston towers
- Shepley Hill – Soapstone Quarry
- Town Forest – “triple point” for boundaries of Towns of Groton, Shirley, and Ayer at confluence of Nashua and Squannacook Rivers
- Town Forest – Ames Pond (kettle pond)
- Town Forest – other kettle holes between Ames Pond Rd. & Town Forest Rd.
- J. Harry Rich State Forest – Tinker Trail; wildlife nesting area overlook at the accessible picnic table
- Fitch’s Bridge – Nashua River crossing at the end of the Ice Line Trail
- Bertozzi – rapids and swimming hole on Squannacook River
- Groton School Pond – site of former golf course; beaver lodges and waterfowl
- Bates-Blackman Land overlook of Groton Hill Music Center and mountains to the west
- Perry Land – stone monolith
- Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary – Owls and Great Blue Heron nests
- Cronin – sand dune (northern end of drumlin)
- Skinner Forest – esker on Whitney Pond
- Gamlin Crystal Spring – Esker Trail
- Wharton Plantation – Great Blue Heron rookery
- Groton Place – memorials to Bucky Dumaine & his horse Pat Rooney
- Blackman Woods and Field – Matisse’s Forest Bells
- General Field – views of Mt. Wachusett and sunsets; working farm
