Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge

Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge is a property of the United States National Wildlife Refuge system located in Middlesex and Worcester counties in Massachusetts. It was founded in 1974.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Fruitlands Museum and Federal Medical Center, Devens.

Fruitlands Museum

Nature reserve

Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts, is a museum about multiple visions of America on the site of the short-lived utopian community, Fruitlands.

Federal Medical Center, Devens

Prison

The Federal Medical Center, Devens is a United States federal prison in Massachusetts for male inmates requiring specialized or long-term medical or mental health care.

Fort Devens Cemetery

Cemetery

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Fort Devens is a United States Army Reserve military installation in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Still River and Harvard.

Harvard is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is located 25 miles west-northwest of Boston, in eastern Massachusetts. It is mostly bounded by I-495 to the east and Route 2 to the north.

Harvard

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Harvard is a town of 6,900 people in North County. It has been home to several non-traditional communities, such as Harvard Shaker Village and the utopian transcendentalist center Fruitlands.

Devens

Town

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Devens is a regional enterprise zone and census-designated place in the towns of Ayer and Shirley and Harvard in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is the successor to Fort Devens, a military post that operated from 1917 to 1996. Devens is situated 2 miles north of Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge.

Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge

Type: Park
Description: wildlife refuge in Massachusetts, United States
Category: National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.51029° or 42° 30′ 37″ north

Longitude

-71.62234° or 71° 37′ 20″ west

Elevation

217 feet (66 metres)

Open location code

87JCG96H+43

GeoNames ID

4946542

Wikidata ID

Q7115139

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In Other Languages

“Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Harvard Station and Camp Green Eyrie.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge and Fruitlands Museum.

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