Hanson Land

Hanson Land is a nature reserve in Town of Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts. Hanson Land is situated nearby to the village Bolton, as well as near the hamlet Still River.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Immaculate Heart of Mary School and Lancaster Industrial School for Girls.

Immaculate Heart of Mary School

School

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary refers to several traditionalist Catholic religious communities that trace their origins to the St. Benedict Center, founded by Catherine Goddard Clarke in 1940 in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Lancaster Industrial School for Girls

Building

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The Lancaster Industrial School for Girls was a reform school on Old Common Road in Lancaster, Massachusetts. It was the country's first state reform school for girls, opening on August 26, 1856.

Doctor Franklin Perkins School

School

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harvard and Bolton.

Harvard

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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.

Bolton

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bolton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Bolton is in central Massachusetts, located 25 miles west-northwest of downtown Boston along Interstate 495.

Lancaster

Village

Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.

Clinton is in Massachusetts. This is a large town in Worcester County with a number of small settlements in the area, including Berlin, Lancaster, Boylston, Bolton and Sterling.

Hanson Land

Type: Nature reserve
Categories: recreation area and protected area
Location: Town of Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.4551° or 42° 27′ 18″ north

Longitude

-71.6179° or 71° 37′ 4″ west

Inception

January 31st, 1991

Open location code

87JCF94J+2V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29763011

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=conservation

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Still River and Five Corners.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Vaughn Hills and North Peak.

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