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Town of Warwick

Warwick, MA

Magnificent recreational opportunities in a town almost half of which is state forest, surrounding a quintessential town center.

Description:

To many observers, Warwick, founded in 1763,  reflects quintessentially Yankee New England in its look, its feel, and its ways. Its charming town center is the focus of a wide range of community events, including an annual Old Home Days and Arts Show, and its fewer than 1,000 residents celebrate a sense of community. In addition to graceful homes and public buildings, the town common also boasts a stack of millstones from an 18th-century gristmill and a year-round fountain that flows one-half mile from a stream on Mount Grace. Near the center is the curious Wawbeek Rock, a huge glacial erratic inscribed with a biblical quotation. 

Mostly forested today, Warwick in the past was home to numerous small industries, made possible by the many streams that flow through town—interestingly, in three distinct directions, north to the Ashuelot River in New Hampshire, west and south into the Connecticut River, and south into the Millers River. Warwick is also a town of hills, most dramatically Mount Grace, but a climb to the 1,617-foot summit here reveals rolling hills in all directions. 

Almost half the town’s 38 square miles is owned by the state, providing magnificent recreational opportunities at Mount Grace, Warwick, and Erving State Forests. The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail passes through these forests, as do other trails. Three beautiful ponds—Laurel Lake, Stevens Swamp and Sheomet Pond—grace the forests, and two other areas—Hockanum Hill and the Arthur Iverson Conservation Area—also lure both residents and visitors.

Directions:

From Rte. 2, take Exit 15 and follow Rte. 122 north into Orange center. Turn left onto West Main St. (Rte. 2A) and continue to Rte. 78. Turn right and proceed into Warwick center.

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Contact:

Warwick Town Hall
12 Athol Rd.
Warwick, MA 01378

Web: www.warwickma.org/index.html

 

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