Nashoba Brook Cache Traditional Cache
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Stay on the well warn trails. This is a very large area and you could get somewhat lost if you accidently take animal trails(even with the GPS)it can be confusing. But as long as you stay on the warn trails you will find it. The coordinates may be a little off due to heavy foilage from the trees.
The Nashoba Brook Conservation Area's 123 acres were donated to the town beginning in 1987 as part of the Arbors cluster development approval process, and as such they are exempt from further development. This consarea is one of a group of three contiguous conservation lands that now comprise a total of 413 acres. Each of the three consareas-Nashoba Brook, Spring Hill, and Camp Acton-has its own yellow-blazed loop trail with separate entrances. Two short connecters (red-blazed) link Nashoba Brook consarea to the abutting Spring Hill consarea, and, on the more southerly side of the Spring Hill loop trail, two additional connectors, also red-blazed, link Spring Hill to Camp Acton's loop trail. Please refer to the Spring Hill and Camp Acton descriptions for further details of those consareas. Spring Hill is covered with a deciduous forest of mostly red and white oak, red maple, and black and white birch. A scattering of beech, larch, hemlock, and white pine are found throughout.
The two major entrances to the Nashoba Brook consarea are from Davis Road, off Rt. 2A, and from Wheeler Lane, off Rt. 27. Both have parking. A well-used minor access from Milldam Road across from the Northbriar Road intersection, off Route 27, On the Davis Road side of the Brook, a secondary (blue-blazed) trail runs close to the water for a short distance and gives access to the Pencil Factory Site and its educational kiosk. Two red-blazed connector trails leave the loop trail a short distance from the Davis Road entrance to link this property with the Spring Hill loop trail.
After leaving the Wheeler Lane parking area beside an old cellar hole, the yellow trail passes through an avenue with over-arching trees, that is defined by two parallel old dry-stone walls. The trail soon passes beside a wetlands on a 180-foot boardwalk constructed in 1997 by LSCom volunteers with a grant from the state's Department of Environmental Management (DEM). It then crosses the Nashoba Brook on a sturdy footbridge built with the same grant and follows along the southeasterly bank of the Brook to the site of a 19th-century pencil factory, where a four-sided kiosk displays information about the history and ecology of the area. 0.4 mile beyond the kiosk, the trail arrives at the Davis Road parking area.
The loop trail, after passing its connection with the Davis Road entrance, follows along the southeasterly side of the Brook through a mixed forest, crossing several wet areas on short boardwalks or stepping stones, and passing the two junctions with the connectors to the Spring Hill consarea. The main trail then descends to a wide footbridge across the upper Nashoba Brook, bringing the hiker back to the Wheeler Lane parking lot just beyond.
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