WestOak

WestOak is a nature reserve in Town of Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. WestOak is situated nearby to the neighborhood Center of Town, as well as near the hamlet Camp Green Eyrie.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oak Ridge Observatory and Fruitlands Museum.

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.

Fruitlands Museum

Nature reserve

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Massachusetts, is a museum about multiple visions of America on the site of the short-lived utopian community, Fruitlands.

North Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harvard and Boxborough.

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.

Boxborough

Village

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

Acton is a town in Massachusetts with a population of 24,000 in the 2020 census. Boxborough is a town with a population of about 6,000. Maynard is a town with a population of 11,000. Stow is a town with a population of 7,000.

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.

WestOak

Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.5003° or 42° 30′ 1″ north

Longitude

-71.5685° or 71° 34′ 7″ west

Operator

Harvard Conservation Trust

Open location code

87JCGC2J+4J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 853529945

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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