O'Brien Farm

The farm has been owned by succeeding generations of the O’Brien family since 1886. It was protected in 2012 when descendant Charlie McColough sold a conservation restriction to SVT and the Town of Westford at a discounted price.

Please note: This land is privately owned.  Please follow the signs and stay on marked trails.

• With open meadows, forested uplands, a wooded swamp, marshlands, and Pond Brook, the farm offers a variety of habitats, making it a vital link in a wildlife corridor that extends to the east and west.
• This land includes a pitch pine-scrub oak plant community, a type of habitat that supports several rare and declining species, including the whip-poor-will, wood turtle, and eastern box turtle.
• Originally operated as a general farm, O’Brien Farm is now managed solely to provide habitat for wildlife through a plan developed with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Services’ Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program.
• The two main trail loops are separated by Pond Brook, requiring visitors to take a short walk on Vose Road to see the entire property.

With mapping software, search for this address: 18 Vose Road, Westford, MA

From the intersection of Routes 225 and 27, follow Route 225  (Carlisle Road) for 1.4 miles. Turn right to stay on Carlisle Road and continue 0.1 mile to Old Lowell Road. Turn right onto Old Lowell Road and continue 0.9 mile. Turn left onto Vose Road.  Go about 0.3 mile. The parking area will be on your right at a break in the stone wall.

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