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Attleboro Land Trust
Helping to Protect Our Own Backyard
Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

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Overview

Bishop Street

Colman

Larson

Lawrence

Leach

Nickerson

Uriah's Marsh

Vaughan

Veno

Regulations

Our Properties

The Attleboro Land Trust owns and manages conservation areas throughout the city of Attleboro. 

 

Acres owned: 324
Acres restricted: 118
Total protected acreage: 442

 

The city map on the right shows where most of our properties are located.  Click on the map to expand it.  You can also right click on the link below to download the map to your computer.

City Map - PDF (1.8 MB)

 

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Bishop Street Parcel
17-acre parcel in the area bounded by Park Street, Bishop Street, Pike Avenue, and Steere Street


Harold R. Blackburn Nature Preserve
8-acre parcel in the Bungay River floodplain


Blottman-Kenton Nature Preserve
17.7-acre parcel off Slater Street on the Norton line


*Colman Reservation
77-acre wooded area; trail to Giant Hemlock; glacial boulders
(north side of Steere Street)


Peter Halko Nature Preserve
2.4-acre parcel adjacent to the Anthony Lawrence Wildlife Preserve


*Larson Woodland
4-acre wooded area on Mechanics Pond; trails
(Watson Avenue and Riverbank Road by Willett School)


*Anthony Lawrence Wildlife Preserve
48.5 acres with woods, meadow and marsh; Seven Mile River runs through it; Loop Trail
(Hope Avenue, off Newport Ave; Rt. 123)


*Phil and Ginny Leach Wildlife Sanctuary
19.4-acre wooded area with puddingstone formations; trails
(Woodland Lane and Ridgewood Road)



Nickerson Walking Woods Preserve
48-acre wooded area; trails under development; not open to the public yet
(Richardson Avenue)

David W. Parfitt Nature Preserve
5.7-acre parcel adjacent to the Anthony Lawrence Wildlife Preserve


Pike Avenue Parcel
6.5-acre wooded parcel donated by Preferred Real Estate Investments


Uriah's Marsh
15-acre wooded area; adjacent to railroad tracks; provides habitat protection; no public access
(near Lindsey Street)


*Vaughan Memorial Forest
52.3-acre wooded area; Green Dot Trail
(south side of Steere Street, across from the Colman Reservation)


Milton and Myrtle Veno Nature Preserve
2.8 acre wooded area with park bench
(Oak Hill Avenue)


   *Properties with trails currently open to the public

 


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