Rock House Reservation

The Rock House Reservation is a 196-acre open space preserve located in West Brookfield, Massachusetts. The property, acquired in 1993 by the land conservation non-profit organization The Trustees of Reservations, is named for a natural rock shelter once used as a winter camp by Native Americans.

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Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
Type: Nature reserve
Description: Land preserve in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States

Places of Interest

Highlights include United Church of Ware and St. Mary Parish.

United Church of Ware

Church

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St. Mary Parish

Church

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St. Mary Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Ware, Massachusetts, United States. Founded 1905, it is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts.

Ware–Hardwick Covered Bridge

Building

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Ware–Hardwick Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge spanning the Ware River on Old Gilbertville Road and Bridge Street in Ware and the village of Gilbertville within Hardwick, Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Town of Ware and West Brookfield.

Town of Ware

Town

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Ware is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,066 as of 2020. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.

West Brookfield

Town

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West Brookfield is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,833 at the 2020 census. It contains the census-designated place of the same name.

Gilbertville

Village

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Gilbertville is an unincorporated village in the town of Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, approximately 20 miles west of the city of Worcester.