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| GOOSE
COVE RESERVATION
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Total Acres: 29
Year Conserved: 1966 |
| PROPERTY
DESCRIPTION
Goose Cove Reservation was conserved by a group of concerned
Gloucester residents who cherished the natural scenic beauty of
this woodland as seen from Route 127. The property features wooded
upland, rocky shoreline, and tidal mudflats. The scenery is some
of the most beautiful and tranquil of all Greenbelt properties,
and provides an opportunity to study varied plant and animal life.
A variety of estuarine and marine plants and algae exist in unusual
proximity along the shoreline. Geologic features include Cape Ann
granite, horenblended granite, glacial erratics, glacial outwash,
and moraine. |
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Trail
Map
Trail
& Locus Map (pdf) |
Activities
Hiking, birding & nature study,
cross country skiing & snowshoeing, fishing, canoeing |
Parking
Parking is limited to
5 cars.
Park in the gravel parking lot. |
Directions
From Route 128,
at Grant Circle in Gloucester:
Drive north on Washington Street, Route 127, toward Lanesville
for 1.9 miles. Landmarks you will pass are: the hospital on your left,
the Ralph O'Malley Middle School on your right, you will drive over
a causeway, and pass The Grange on your right, and a sign for the
Beeman School. The Goose Cove parking area is on the right. This is
a blind right turn that could be easy to miss. If you pass a small
municipal building on the right, you have gone to far. |
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