Concord and Vicinity...
Sites along the way (or nearby, as cited) include: Wachusett Reservoir, Concord, Walden Pond, Lexington Green, Sleepy Hollow Cemetary, Old North Bridge, Kelly's H-D, Fruitlands Museum, Mount Wachusett.
Total distance, approx 100 mi., including Lexington and Sleepy Hollow, but excluding other side trips. Duration, 3 hours without stops. (All highway numbers are State highways.)
Route Synopsis:
- Worcester Center Blvd. N (becomes Hwy 70)
- Hwy 70 N to Hwy 62 (Wachusett Reservoir)
- to visit Wachusett Reservoir...
- continue on Hwy 70 past Hwy 62 ~ .8 mi.,
- overlook at Clinton Dam on left
- return to Hwy 62...
- Hwy 62 E through Berlin & Hudson
(Silver Buffalo Gallery, Berlin Orchards, P.C Creams)
(many gas stops in this area)
- In center of Hudson, Hwy 62 goes East out of rotary
- Hwy 62 E to Hwy 117
- Hwy 117 E to Hwy 126
- Hwy 126 N to Walden Pond
- Hwy 126 N to Concord
- after crossing Hwy 2, bear left at fork,
- turn right at light (Sudbury)
this brings you through Concord Center
- to visit Lexington...
- at rotary, follow Hwy 2A (1st right)
- Hwy 2A E to Minuteman Natl Historic Park
- Hwy 2A E to Mass Ave. (shortly before getting to I-95/Hwy 128)
- Left onto Mass Ave.
- Follow Mass Ave. into Lexington center,
- Battle Green on right at center (many signs)
- (to resume tour, retrace steps to Concord)
(too many sights, museums, etc. here to enumerate)
- At Concord Rotary...
- to go to Sleepy Hollow Cemetary...
- at rotary, follow Hwy 62 (Bedford Rd.) (2nd right from main st.)
cemetary is on left (Authors ridge: Hawthorne, Thoreau, Alcotts
(Bronson, Louisa May, ...), Emerson; Civil War memorial by Daniel
Chester French (who also designed Lincoln Memorial), and who is
buried here as well, ...
- Fom cemetary return to Concord and turn right onto Monument St.
otherwise...
- at rotary, go to north end (Colonial Inn) turn right onto Monument St.
- just north of town is Old North Bridge historical site
(Concord battleground, Minuteman statue, etc.).
- continue North on Monument St. to Hwy 225.
- to visit Kelly's House of H-D...
- turn left onto Hwy 225,
- approximately 100 yards turn right onto Maple St.
- follow Maple St to Treble Cove Rd (very narrow road).
- turn right onto Treble Cove Rd, and follow to Hwy 3A
- turn left onto Hwy 3A, Kelly's is on Left
(from Kelly's, return to Treble Cove Rd, and follow to Carlisle center)
otherwise...
- turn left onto Hwy 225, to Carlisle center
- Hwy 225 W to Hwy 110, turn left
(Kimball Farm)
- Hwy 110 W to Ayer rotary, follow 110/111 south from rotary
- After crossing Hwy 2, turn right onto Old Shirley Rd
- Follow Old Shirley Rd to Prospect Hill Rd.
- Fruitlands Museum is on Right, along with terrific view of Nashoba valley.
- Follow Prospect Hill Rd to Hwy 110, turn right.
- to visit American H-D...
- where Hwy 110 meets Hwy 117, turn right
- Hwy 117 west past I-190 to Elm Hill Ave (opposite Shell station)
- turn left
- at light (Hwy 12) turn left
- American H-D is on right
- to resume, continue south on Hwy 12 to Hwy 62
otherwise...
- follow Hwy 110 W to Clinton
- to go to Wachusett Mountain...
- In Clinton Center, turn right onto Hwy 62
- Hwy 62 W through Sterling to Hwy 140
- Hwy 140 N Mt Wachusett
(Captain Bob=B9s Drive In)
- from Mt Wachusett, follow Hwy 140 S to Hwy 31
- Hwy 31 S to Hwy 122A
(Mountain Barn Restaurant)
- Hwy 122A E to Worcester
or...
- continue on Hwy 110 W to Hwy 12
(Bob=B9s Hot Dogs)
- Hwy 12 S to Worcester.
- follow signs to downtown.
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