The Land Stewardship Committee of the Acton Conservation
Commission has a website with great trail maps and descriptions of
most of the Conservation Land in Acton.
Acton
Conservation Land
A description of Wetherbee from that website:
"The Wetherbee Conservation Land, located in East Acton, totals
just over 72 acres. The property is bounded by Wetherbee Street to
the east, Route 2 to the south, state property/Berry Lane to the
west and Alcott Street/Moritz Land to the north. It has a single
entrance, which is on Wetherbee Street where it runs beside the
farm field. Parking is available along the western edge of this
road. A kiosk is located on the access trail 0.3 mile from
Wetherbee Street where maps may be obtained.
This conservation land was purchased from the state in 1982 for
$1.00. The state acquired it in 1898 from the Heywood/Sellors
family; before this, it had been part of the Wetherbee Farm.
Wetherbee Land's eastern section is the only actively farmed
agricultural field that belongs to the town of Acton. This gently
rolling terrain is used by the state for rotating silage crops.
Just northwest of the farm field is a small, sloping, short-grass
meadow, accented with crab apple trees. South and below this meadow
lies a marshy habitat that in turn feeds a tiny north/south stream
and collection-pool that separate the woods from the field's edge.
The property's back section, to the west, is wooded and typical of
New England upland secondary growth. It features red maple, black
and red oak, and white pine, with a scattering of ash, sassafras,
and hawthorn. In the woods, old stone walls still define early
boundaries, one of these, running north/south, is ancient, the
others more recent."