Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

	Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
location	Massachusetts , United States
surface	7.9 km²
WDPA ID	5555660
Geographical location	42 ° 38 ′ N , 70 ° 55 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 37 ′ 53 " N , 70 ° 55 ′ 18" W
administration	Massachusetts Audubon Society

The Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary is a 1,954 acres (7.9 square kilometers ) wide reserve in Topsfield in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It is administered by the Massachusetts Audubon Society .

Protected area

The sanctuary is the largest of the Massachusetts Audubon Society and includes forests, green spaces, and wetlands . Central features of the landscape are a drumlin and an os , which were formed by a glacier 15,000 years ago . A total of 12 mi (19.3 km ) of hiking trails are available to visitors. Through the reserve flows for a distance of 8 mi (12.9 km) of the eponymous Ipswich River , which with canoes can be driven. Toads ( Anaxyrus americanus ), American marsh frogs , North American river otters , beavers , ornamental turtles , great blue herons , red-throated warblers and marsh swallows are particularly common .

^ About Ipswich River. Massachusetts Audubon Society, accessed September 15, 2014 .

Commons : Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. ( PDF ) Massachusetts Audubon Society, accessed September 15, 2014 (English, map of the area).