Hammond Woods Open Space

Hammond Woods Open Space is a nature reserve in Town of Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts. Hammond Woods Open Space is situated nearby to the neighborhood Richardson Corners, as well as near Dodge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rider Tavern and Militia Lot.

Rider Tavern

Historic building

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

The Rider Tavern is an historic tavern on Stafford Street in the Northside Village Historic District of Charlton, Massachusetts. The tavern, now a large three story wood-frame building, was built in 1797, and was for many years an important stop on the stagecoach road.

Militia Lot

Park

Photo: PeterCooperJr, CC0.

Militia Lot is a park.

Northside Village Historic District

Historic site

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Northside Village Historic District encompasses a rural village center on Stafford Road in northern Charlton, Massachusetts. Located at the junction of Stafford Road with Northside and Cemetery Roads is a small cluster of residential buildings, developed beginning in 1735 around a small tanning business, and later as a stagecoach stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlton and Oxford.

Charlton

Photo: PeterCooperJr, CC0.

Charlton is a small town in Central Massachusetts located outside of Worcester. Charlton is primarily a bedroom community, though there are a number of businesses in the center of town and especially along the Route 20 corridor.

Oxford

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Webster is a small town of about 16,000 in the South County region of Central Massachusetts along the Connecticut border. It was founded in 1832 by Samuel Slater, one of the initiators of the United States Industrial Revolution.

Hammond Woods Open Space

Type: Nature reserve
Description: conservation area in Charlton, Massachusetts
Categories: recreation area and protected area
Location: Town of Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.1492° or 42° 8′ 57″ north

Longitude

-71.9325° or 71° 55′ 57″ west

Open location code

87JC43X8+MX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 888212640

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=conservation

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

Q137655804

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