Things To Do

Ambrosia Beauty House

They offer offer hair, skincare, spray tanning, massage therapy and nail services

Autumn Hills Orchard

Open 10AM to 4PM WED through SUN with PYO raspberries and blueberries.

Bancroft Castle

Gibbet Hill Grill allows visitors to Bancroft Castle to use the back of their parking lot to park and access the start of the trail. The trailhead is across a large field behind the barn buildings. Go around the pond towards Lowell St to find the trail.

Dolce Amar Sweets to Love Bakery and cafe

European-style bakery and coffeehouse whipping up wedding cakes, macarons and other sweets.

Filho's Cucina

Casual restaurant offering traditional Italian dishes in cozy surrounds with a BYO policy.

Groton Hill Music Center

Groton Town Forest

Groton has over 10 square miles of conservation land with roughly 130 miles of maintained trails. Explore lakes, eskers, oxbows, drumlins, kettle holes, rivers & streams, vernal pools, fields, hills, farms, swimming holes, and beaver dams. While exploring, you will also observe extremely diverse populations of wildlife, trees, bushes, wildflowers, insects, fungus, and more.

Mass Audubon's Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary

Located on the Groton-Ayer town line, Rocky Hill Wildlife Sanctuary is a land of impressive ledges, large boulders, beaver ponds, vernal pools, and extensive uninterrupted woodlands. The sanctuary lies within a state-designated Area of Critical Environmental Concern and supports moose, beavers, and porcupines, as well as nearly 100 species of birds and more than 240 plant species.

Nashoba Paddler, LLC

Nashoba Paddler provides paddling nature tours and rentals for canoes, kayaks, and BIC stand-up paddleboards on the Nashua River in West Groton. Examples of tours include Full Moon Canoeing and Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge Paddling Tour.

Salt & Light Cafe Bakery

Fair-trade coffee & teas, breakfast plates & gourmet sandwiches in cozy, contemporary surroundings.

Fruitlands Museum

In 1843, Amos Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane turned a swath of Harvard farmland into a Transcendentalist experiment in subsistence farming and Emersonian self-reliance, named Fruitlands, which ultimately disbanded after only seven months. In 1914, Clara Endicott Sears opened the grounds to the public, establishing a museum in the property’s 1820s farmhouse. Now, the 210-acre landscape encompasses five collections first established by Sears: the original Fruitlands Farmhouse; the Shaker Museum, the first such museum in the country; the Native American Museum, celebrating the history of indigenous peoples; the Wayside Visitor Center, a classroom, education, and exhibition space; and the Art Museum.

Lowell National Historical Park

Dig into the living legacies of the Industrial Revolution with interactive programs and explorations. Get an insider’s look at life in the mills at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum and Mill Girls & Immigrants Exhibit. Explore two centuries of hard work and innovative engineering on a ranger-led Canal Tour or Trolley Tour. Walk through the history of Lowell’s waterpower, preservation, and urban design. Visit "Visions of Kerouac," a special exhibition of writings, personal items, and photographs to mark the 100th anniversary of Kerouac’s birth in Lowell. Visions of Kerouac includes rarely-seen photographs of Kerouac taken by his friend and fellow Beat author Allen Ginsberg, photographs by John Suiter, and a reproduction of the "On The Road" manuscript.

New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill

A 200-acre four-season botanic garden located in Boylston, Massachusetts, approximately 10 miles north of central Worcester in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The Garden features 18 distinct garden spaces, preserved woodlands, and miles of walking trails.