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PEPPERELL TRAILS

BEMIS ROAD -

BEMIS ROAD TRAIL MAP


JEFF SMITH TRAIL

If you're looking for a long and beautiful hike, try the Jeff Smith Trail. It begins at the Blood Brook Ravine on Jewett St., passes through several of Pepperells's nicest protected lands - Heald Pond, Gulf Brook Ravine, Gulf Brook, Stewart Brook, the Nashoba Conservation Trust's Day Parcel, and the Bemis Land - to Beaver Book Association land in Hollis, NH. A wide variety of wildlife, woods, streams, ponds, and wetlands are on this trail, as well as two former mill sites. The entire trail is about 7 miles in length one way.

Follow the blue dots (and yellow triangles from Blood Brook to Gulf Brook Ravine) starting at Blood Ravine on Jewett St. (0.3 miles from Townsend St., look for the sign across from a large wetland) or at the Gulf Brook Ravine across from Heald Pond. Parking on the side of the road

JEFF SMITH TRAIL INFO


JEFF SMITH TRAIL MAP


HEALD POND - HEALD STREET ORCHARD-CONNECTION WITH JEFF SMITH TRAIL

This beautiful pond is surrounded by 32 acres of protected woodlands and a field. A trail follows the length of the west side of the pond then wraps around the southern tip and connects with the Heald Street Orchard or follows the Jeff Smith Trail along the Blood Brook Ravine out to Jewett St. If you follow the pond trail out to the Orchard, you can complete a loop by walking through the Orchard to Heald St. and then walking to the left for about a half mile along the street. Turtles, frogs, herons, hawks, and beaver (look for the beaver lodge) can be found in and around the pond

HEALD POND


KEYES CONSERVATION AREA

This 50-acre area includes woodlands and open fields, including a great hill for sledding, with a pond, frontage on Sucker Brook, and a vernal pool. A walking trail leads around the perimeter of the property, bringing you through all its various habitats. Wildlife abounds here, including deer, fox, brook trout, and many birds such as bobolinks, blue birds, herons, kestrels, and hawks.

KEYES CONSERVATION AREA