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| STONEY
COVE & PRESSON RESERVATION
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Total Acres:53
Year Conserved: 1979 |
| PROPERTY
DESCRIPTION
Stoney Cove has been a crossroads connecting West Gloucester
to Gloucester since the earliest colonial days. West Gloucester
colonists had to walk across the marsh, then row across the Annisquam
River, to attend compulsory church services at the Green near the
site of the present day Chester Grant Circle. In 1694, an initial
public route was established by means of a ferry over the river
and a causeway built over the marsh to the mainland near the head
of Stoney Cove. The current location of Route 128 is superimposed
over the old causeway in the immediate Stoney Cove Area. |
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Trail
Map
Trail
& Locus Map (pdf) |
Activities
Hiking, birding & nature study,
cross country skiing & snowshoeing, fishing, canoeing |
Parking
Park in the pullout
off Route 128 just before the stone pier. |
Directions
From Route 128:
Drive north toward Gloucester. Proceed 0.3 mile beyond the Concord
Street, Gloucester exit #13. Watch for the stone pier on the right,
before the bridge. Pull off Route 128 into the breakdown land as soon
as you see salt water on the right. |
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