Copicut Woods

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Copicut Woods

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

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location Massachusetts , United States
surface 209 ha
WDPA ID 55558899
Geographical location 41 ° 43 '  N , 71 ° 4'  W Coordinates: 41 ° 42 '32 "  N , 71 ° 3' 54"  W
Copicut Woods, Massachusetts
Copicut Woods
Setup date 2002
administration The Trustees of Reservations
particularities Part of the Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve

Copicut Woods is a 516  acre (2.1  km² ) nature reserve near the city of Fall River in the state of Massachusetts in the United States and is administered by The Trustees of Reservations .

Protected area

Copicut Woods forms the southernmost portion of the 13,600 acres (55 km²) Southeastern Massachusetts Bioreserve and gives visitors access to a complete regional ecosystem with a wide variety of animals and plants.

More than 5 mi (8  km ) of walking trails  traverse the area, including more than 1 km on the 150-year-old stone-walled and tree-lined Miller Lane carriage path . The Meadowhawk Trail and Soggy Bottom Trail also run through the reserve. The flat terrain offers ideal conditions for cross-country skiing in winter .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. About Copicut Woods. (No longer available online.) The Trustees of Reservations , archived from the original on December 7, 2013 ; accessed on December 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thetrustees.org

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