Hike Cormier Woods in Uxbridge, MA

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Event Rating: Level 2.5 (Moderate)
Requirement: Members must have completed one or more Level 2 hikes. The elevation gain of this hike is not too significant; but there will be elevation.
Distance: ~6.0 miles
Time Duration: ~3 hours
Blaze Orange: not required

COVID-19 Instructions: Do not attend a hike if you or a person that you have been in close contact with have tested positive for COVID-10, or have been experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms.

Description:
Cormier Woods lies within the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, a designated area extending from Worcester to Providence that celebrates the historical and cultural importance of the river and the birthplace of America’s Industrial Revolution. Easy to moderate-intensity trails wind through open meadow and along stone walls, opening up a quintessential 1800s New England agricultural landscape and small-scale farmstead, replete with an historic house, barn, and a blueberry patch that ripens in late summer.

### History

This rustic farmstead dates to the 1700s and represents three centuries as an agricultural landscape. The cellar holes and stone walls you’ll see here remind us that the zeal of colonists to literally carve a life from the landscape was at first primitive, but then powerful. By the mid-1700s, settlers had cleared forest for crop fields and livestock pastures. Only 50 years later, their enterprising descendants were transforming the Blackstone River Valley into our young nation’s first industrial center.
Property Acquisition History
Gift, with endowment, from the estate of James Cormier in 2005.
Archival Collections
Archival material related to Cormier Woods is available to researchers at the Archives & Research Center in Sharon, Massachusetts.

water (at least a liter) is required, and bring snacks along for the trail. We will have a few opportunities to stop for a break.

Bring bug spray as well

The day will be partly sunny with temps in the 70s. Let's hike the woods in Mendon!

You can find a trail map at this link:

https://thetrustees.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cormier-Woods-Trail-Map.pdf

Directions
217 Chapin St. Uxbridge, MA 01569

Located next door to Southwick's Zoo

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Liability Waiver: As a condition of your voluntary participation in this activity, you acknowledge and agree to the following: This activity involves inherent risks that can cause property damage, injury, illness, disability, or death to participants; you assume all risk associated with this activity; you are responsible for having the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, clothing, and equipment to participate in this activity safely; you know and will follow the Hiker Responsibility Code described at www.hikesafe.com; the leader(s) of this activity are volunteers; and you for yourself, your heirs, executors, and administrators release, hold harmless, and indemnify the leader(s) and all members of this group from any and all claims for property damage, injury, illness, disability, or death - including those caused by negligence or other reasons. The RIHC will not be held responsible for any COVID-19 issues including but not limited to the transmission of the disease, the cost of medical treatment, or death.

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