Easy 1 mile walk. This former railroad bed is level and runs alongside eskers and wetlands. From this trail you can connect to the Esker Trail of the east parcel of Gamlin Crystal Springs.
The Red Line Path extends from Island Pond Road (entrance to The Cronin-Massapoag Conservation Land) to the Cow Pond Road end.
Size: 14 acres
Owner: Groton Conservation Trust
This 14-acre parcel, donated by John and Jeremiah Cronin in 1996, includes a stretch of the old Red Line railroad bed. It is part of a larger parcel, Cronin-Massapoag.
One story says that Edward Gamlin had a saw mill near Massapoag Pond where he employed seasonal help from Canada as loggers, etc. The Gamlin farm on Old Dunstable Road bordered a brook and meadow in the middle of the vast woodland. A railroad train rolled along its track that ran across the ridge of an old glacial esker. It was called the Red Line because it never made a profit!
Parking to access the east parcel and its trail, the Gamlin Esker Trail, is at the very end of Cow Pond Brook Rd., past the Town Transfer Station, where there is a road gate.
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