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Location

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Acreage

Description

This park consists of two distinctly different wildlife and vegetation habitats. The section near White Street is primarily a mature red and white pine grove and the section near the school playing fields is a swamp. Steep wooded slopes occur on one side of the pine grove. The Trust has planted additional trees and shrubs including larch, azaleas, sweetgum, yellow wood, silverbell, red bud, and a tulip tree.

Unfortunately, the high level of road noise from nearby I-495 disturbs the tranquility of the area.

Trails

Well-developed, includes a boardwalk through the swamp.

Features

Look for the following features of interest:

• A well-developed trail starts at the entrance and proceeds through the grove to a board walk that crosses the swamp. The boardwalk, provided largely through efforts of high school students under the leadership of science teacher, Betty Leonard, provides a close up look at swamp vegetation and wildlife, including birds, frogs, tall reed grass, red maples, wild cherries, and skunk cabbage. Use of the trail for nature study is encouraged.
• The Two Brothers Trail starts at the Park entrance and proceeds through the center of the park going off site to the rear of the parking lot behind the town offices.

History

On old sand pit on the property once produced beach-quality sand. This land was donated to the Littleton Conservation Trust in 1977 by Roger and Isabel Conant.

Poison ivy.

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