Kaufmann Land

Kaufmann Land is a nature reserve in Worcester, Massachusetts. Kaufmann Land is situated near the neighborhood Harvard Shaker Village Historic District, as well as near Devenscrest.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Oak Ridge Observatory and Ayer Public Library.

Oak Ridge Observatory

Building

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

The Oak Ridge Observatory, also known as the George R. Agassiz Station, is located at 42 Pinnacle Road, Harvard, Massachusetts. It was operated by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian as a facility of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1933 until August 19, 2005.

Ayer Public Library

Library

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 4.0.

Ayer Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harvard and Littleton.

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.

Littleton

Town

Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY 3.0.

Shirley is a city in Merrimack Valley with a population of 7,000. The town was named for former Governor William Shirley, and was settled in 1720 and incorporated in 1775.

Ayer

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ayer is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Originally part of Groton, it was incorporated February 14, 1871, and became a major commercial railroad junction.

Kaufmann Land

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.5263° or 42° 31′ 35″ north

Longitude

-71.5606° or 71° 33′ 38″ west

Open location code

87JCGCGQ+GQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29778025

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Harvard Shaker Village Historic District and Shaker Village.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Thayer Conservation Restriction and Shaker’s Quarry.

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