Dry Hill, Massachusetts

Dry Hill IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
Hiking trail in the protected area
location	Massachusetts , United States
surface	0.83 km²
Geographical location	42 ° 8 ′  N , 73 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 7 ′ 59 "  N , 73 ° 13 ′ 30"  W
Setup date	2000
administration	The Trustees of Reservations

Dry Hill is a 206  acres (0.8  km² ) nature reserve around the 1,742 ft (531  m ) high mountain of the same name  in the city of New Marlborough in the state of Massachusetts in the United States and is administered by The Trustees of Reservations .

history

Originally, today's reserve on the site of Agriculture and Forestry operated, and there were marble - quarries whose income was primarily used for the foundations of local buildings. At last there was a private school .

The protected area was created in 2000 through a donation to the trustees, who bought additional areas.

Protected area

The area known as Dry Hill is made up of rocky elevations and valleys and is part of a larger contiguous forest area that serves as an important habitat for large mammals as well as for many species of forest birds (here in particular the blue-backed warbler ).

A 1.5 mi (2.4  km ) circular trail leads through the reserve,  past red maples , hemlocks and oak forests . Areas densely overgrown with heather alternate with open areas on which cultivated blueberries , borage , uvularia and shadow flowers, among other things , grow.

See also

• List of protected areas of the Trustees of Reservations

Individual evidence

1. ^ Property History. The Trustees of Reservations , accessed December 26, 2013 . 
2. ^ About Dry Hill. The Trustees of Reservations , accessed December 26, 2013 . 

Web links

• Dry Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
• Dry Hill on TripAdvisor