The Trustees of Reservations, a non-profit land conservation and historic preservation group with land across Massachusetts, is reopening 13 properties to the public beginning June 4.
“Additional rangers are being hired to monitor and prevent overcrowding at some sites, and several properties will now have parking fees for non-members to help us offset this cost of additional staffing,” Trustees Director of Public Relations Aaron Gouveia said in a press release.
The organization owns 119 properties consisting of 25,000 acres of open space across the state but closed most of them on March 24 as the coronavirus began to spread in Massachusetts. In April the organization reopened 76 of its properties.
Properties reopening on June 4 are:
- Appleton Farms Grass Rides, Hamilton (parking fee)
- Chase Woodlands, Dover
- Fork Factory Brook, Medfield
- Greenwood Farm, Ipswich
- Monument Mountain, Great Barrington (parking fee)
- Noanet Woodlands, Dover (parking fee)
- Norris Reservation, Norwell
- Peters Reservation, Dover
- Ravenswood Park, Gloucester
- Rocky Woods, Medfield (parking fee)
- Stevens-Coolidge Place, North Andover
- Ward Reservation, Andover (parking fee)
- Weir Hill, Andover
With the additional property openings, 107 of the organization’s 119 properties will now be open.
The Trustees website has a full list of open properties as well as information on purchasing online passes at properties that require reservations.
In a press release, the organization asked visitors to only visit properties near where they live, to practice social distancing while there and that visitors should wear face coverings.
“If the parking lot is full, people should come back at a later time and avoid parking on streets or illegally,” the organization stated.
Buildings and bathrooms at most locations will remain closed.
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