Location: Natick

Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary050

in Natick, MA 01760

280 Eliot Street
Natick, MA 01760United States

508.655.2296

Hours:Nature Center: Tue-Fri 9am-5pm; Sat-Sun, Mon holidays 10am-5pm. Summer hours (6/27-8/12-Nature Center open 9am-3:30pm)
Trails: Tue-Sun and Mon holidays, dawn to dusk

Cost:Admission: Adults $5; Seniors and Children (3 to 12) $4

Ages:All Ages

about Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary:

Broadmoor's nine miles of walking trails guide you through a variety of field, woodland, and wetland habitats. A quarter-mile All Person's Trail and Boardwalk along the bank of Indian Brook and over the marsh offers great opportunities for birdwatching, photography, and sketching, and is completely wheelchair (and stroller) accessible.

To enjoy this site in the winter, bring your snowshoes. Stroll along the edge of Indian Brook, which flows into the Charles River at the sanctuary, and look for wood ducks and signs of beavers and otters from the 110-foot-long bridge. Take a tape-recorded tour of the sanctuary's nature center, which is complete with solar heating, photovoltaic panels which provide electricity to the nature center, and composting toilets, to learn about "green" architecture.

Broadmoor offers events for children, families, and adults throughout the year; consult the website for details.

Broadmoor offers a summer camp during which campers connect with nature and each other in a safe, fun, outdoor exploration camp setting. Visit the camp website to download the program brochure, which includes: registration information, program descriptions, schedules, and fees.

tips:

Free parking. Stroller accessible all persons trail and boardwalk.

getting there:

From Boston: Take the Mass. Turnpike (Rt I-90) west to exit 16 (West Newton/Wellesley). Follow Rt 16 west for 7 miles to South Natick Center. The sanctuary is 1.8 miles ahead on the left. From the east: Take Rt 9 west to Rt 16 in Wellesley. Follow Rt 16 west for about 5 miles; the sanctuary is on the left. From the west: Take Rt I-495 to Rt 9. Follow Rt 9 east to Rt 27 in Natick. Follow Rt 27 south for 4 miles to Sherborn. Turn left onto Rt 16 east and follow for 1.6 miles; the sanctuary is on the right. From the north and south: Take Rt I-95 to Rt 16 (exit 22). Follow Rt 16 west for 7 miles; the sanctuary is on the left.