Three enthusiasts complete a day of cross-country skiing in Ravenswood Park in 2005. Ravenswood Park is a nature reserve in the western section of Gloucester, Massachusetts owned and managed by the Trustees of Reservations ,[1] which acquired the property in 1993.[2] It can be accessed from Western Avenue, the road to Manchester through the Magnolia area. Ravenswood Park is frequented by cross-country skiers during the winter.
The Hermit of Gloucester
Mason A. Walton lived for 33 years in a house he built in the woods in 1884. He came to be known as "The Hermit of Gloucester."[3] [4] He published a book, A Hermit's Wild Friends.[5] A plaque attached to a boulder marks the site of the cabin.
Protected areas of Massachusetts
Wildlife Management Areas Wildlife Sanctuaries
Billingsgate Island
Carr Island
E. Howe Forbush
Egg Rock
Grace A. Robson
J.C. Phillips
Knight
Penikese Island
Ram Island (Mattapoisett)
Ram Island (Salisbury)
Susan B. Minns
Tarpaulin Cove
Watatic Mountain
Black Pond Bog
Boat Meadow
Francis Newhall Woods
Grassy Pond
Greene Swamp
Halfway Pond Island
Hawley Bog
Hockomock Swamp
Hoft Farm
Homer-Watcha
Katama Plains
McElwain-Olsen
Miacomet Moors
Reed Brook
Roger and Virginia Drury
Sandy Neck
David H. Smith Preserve and Fire Trail
Stacy Mountain
Tatkon