Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Sudbury, MA 01776
Phone:978-443-4661
Fax:978-443-2898
Web: www.fws.gov/northeast/greatmeadows
Established: 1947.
Location:20 miles west of Boston.
Facilities:Visitor center, trails, viewing sites.
Activities:Fishing, hiking, hunting, canoeing, educatonal programs.
Special Features:Minute Man National Historical Park and Thoreau's Walden Pond are located nearby.
Habitats: 3,600 acres of freshwater wetlands along 12 miles of the Concord and Sudbury rivers.
Access: Open from dawn to dusk.
Wild life: Wood ducks, black ducks, mallards, muskrats, red fox, raccoons, and weasels.
See other parks in Massachusetts.