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105 Acres Conserved in Worthington!

August 4, 2022

Illustration is a pen and ink drawing of a red fox crossing over a small stream valley on a mossy log.

Hilltown Land Trust is excited to announce we recently acquired a 105-acre forested property in Worthington adjacent to the Conwell property. This project will allow us to extend the existing trails at Conwell and create a loop trail, expanding and enhancing recreational opportunities in Worthington and the Hilltowns!  In addition to building new trails, the […]

New Hiking Trails in Worthington!

March 10, 2022

A picture of a wide woodland trail lined with hemlock and yellow birch trees to both sides. The sun is peaking through the forest stand creating small patches of sunny areas in a leafless brown looking forest.

Three miles of out-and-back hiking trails in Worthington are now open to the public on Hilltown Land Trust’s Conwell property. The trails traverse 70 acres of forestland along Route 112, and go by a small pond and the top of Eagle Nest Ridge. The parking area is on adjacent MassWildlife land and will also serve […]

56 Acres Protected in Williamsburg!

April 16, 2021

Sign showing start of Locke's Loop trail

Important wildlife habitat and a public trail in Williamsburg are now permanently protected by Hilltown Land Trust, through the donation of a conservation restriction by property owner Sandra Warren and her late husband Jim Locke. The newly conserved land abuts the existing Petticoat Hill Reservation, creating a continuous block of over 100 acres of protected […]

Chesterfield Auction Update

November 17, 2020

River and rocks, surrounded by trees

Thanks to the intervention of a generous conservation buyer, the property near the Chesterfield Gorge along River Road will be conserved. The tremendous outpouring of community support for land conservation these past few weeks shows definitively that it is an issue that matters to many people in Chesterfield and the surrounding area. We want to […]

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