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Prospect Hill Gate

From the 2008 Westford Conservation Trust calendar:

 

Prospect Hill Wildlife Sanctuary is in center of Westford on the highest hill in northern Middlesex County. The land was donated by Priscella Elliott in 1999 and includes 8 acres of woodland and an adjoining cornfield. The woods include a champion Shagbark Hickory tree -- the largest one in Massachusetts. The short hike is steep and once you start up the hill there is a feeling of deep woods -- right in town center.

 

"One hundred and fifty years ago, standing on this height, we probably could have seen the church spires of Concord. Now....it is all woods." -- From "Walking Towards Walden" by John Hanson Mitchell.

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Uploaded on April 8, 2008
Taken on July 17, 2007