Boxborough, Massachusetts 01719
Steele Farm Official WebsiteThe view from Steele Farm is one of the town’s most beautiful scenic vistas. The fields have been used seasonally for pasturing cattle, and are now mowed to maintain grasslands. Bobolinks, a rare grassland bird, nest there in the spring and summer. Remnants of a Christmas tree farm on the site have provided trees for residents. Glades of spruce and pines are now reaching maturity. There are also remnants of an apple orchard on the western hillside. Two ponds provide refuge for waterfowl and birdlife. The back, or southern end, of the parcel is wetlands.
Steele Farm contains a historic farmhouse and barn. The farmhouse is an 18th-century post and beam structure. The barn was built to replace a previous one blown down in the 1958 hurricane. The foundation for the barn includes parts of gravestones from the North Cemetery that were damaged or destroyed by falling trees during the same hurricane.
The ice house on the Steele Farm property was donated by the West family of Boxborough in 1997 and moved to its current site by volunteers from the Boxborough Historical Society in 1998. For more information on the ice house, please visit the Boxborough Historical Society’s home page which can be found on the town’s website under community organizations.
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The trail that starts on Hill Road near MA-111 is accessed by walking across the hay field to the wood line. There is a Nature Trail sign at the wood line. The trail that starts at the Steele Farm farmhouse runs straight down the hill from the parking area into the pasture. This trail follows the worn path of the farm equipment and is the only trail on the site that is not marked. See the accompanying map for full details. Total mileage of trails including Beaver Brook Meadow (formerly Livermore Land) and Steele Farm is about 3.5 mi.
Restrooms on site
Wheelchair accessible trail
Entrance fee
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Last updated January 8, 2024