Gardner Falls Recreation Area

Gardner Falls Recreation Area is a recreation area in Franklin, Massachusetts. Access is restricted and requires permission. Gardner Falls Recreation Area is situated nearby to the nature reserve Mohawk Trail Conservation Area, as well as near Gardner Falls Station Canal Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum and Bridge of Flowers.

Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum

Museum

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The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum is a small railroad museum in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, United States. The museum is dedicated to preserving and operating car number 10 of the former Shelburne Falls and Colrain Street Railway. Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum is situated 4,100 feet northwest of Gardner Falls Recreation Area.

Bridge of Flowers

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The Bridge of Flowers is in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, connecting the towns of Shelburne and Buckland. The seasonal footbridge – once a trolley bridge – has a garden of flowers covering it. Bridge of Flowers is situated 1 mile northwest of Gardner Falls Recreation Area.

Shelburne Free Public Library

Library

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The Shelburne Free Public Library is one of two public libraries in Shelburne, Massachusetts. It is located at 233 Shelburne Center Road, in an architecturally distinctive 1898 Gothic Revival stone structure built out of local riverstone. Shelburne Free Public Library is situated 2 miles east of Gardner Falls Recreation Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shelburne Falls and Buckland.

Shelburne Falls

Suburb

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Shelburne Falls is a historic village in the towns of Shelburne and Buckland in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The village is a census-designated place with a population of 1,731 at the 2010 census.

Buckland

Village

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Buckland is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,816 at the 2020 census. The town shares the village of Shelburne Falls with neighboring Shelburne.