Shaker’s Quarry

Shaker’s Quarry is a nature reserve in Worcester, Massachusetts. Shaker’s Quarry is situated nearby to the neighborhood Harvard Shaker Village Historic District, as well as near Devenscrest.

Places of Interest

Highlights include 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.

Nourse-Farwell House

House

The Nourse-Farwell House is located in the Harvard Center Historic District, a U.S. Historic District in the center of Harvard, Massachusetts. The house is believed to have been built in c.

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.

Shaker’s Quarry

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

-71.5573° or 71° 33′ 26″ west

Operator

Harvard Conservation Commission

Open location code

87JCGCGV+G3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 570992003

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Harvard Shaker Village Historic District and Shaker Village.

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