Mass Audubon's Flat Rock Wildlife Sanctuary — Attraction in Fitchburg

My favorite place to hike locally. Trails are well maintained. You can go for a short jaunt, but if you'd like to spend a few hours in the woods there are plenty of trails. It also connects to several trails in Crocker Conservation, so I never get bored going through the same areas every time I visit. There are LOTS of lovely birds to hear and see, especially starting in April/May. I'm never without my binoculars. *EDIT * What on earth is happening on Flat Rock Road?? It's utterly destroyed and unrecognizable. I'm heart sick. It's all torn down. Beautiful trees, mountain laurel, etc. I can't even imagine how traumatized the wildlife is. The Towees used to be abundant in that area. Makes me want to throw up. People...

Agree with Peter, it’s shameful they didn’t use the powerline to move all that equipment in. This was a beautiful summit, historic road framed with hemlock and mountain Laurel and historic homesite that has been utterly destroyed and clear cut without sensitivity for the land and those who love it. I’m not a surveyor, but it appears that much much more than 20 acres has been clear cut to “restore” this habitat to something that may or may not have ever existed, no buffer left between trails and clear cutting and the loss of the most historic and beautiful mountain road in Massachusetts ....

Flat rock used to be my favorite place to hike with my dog but no more!! 2 years ago Audubon decided to log out all the hardwoods & most of the pines off the top & side of the large hill. It has resulted in skidder ruts everywhere leaving water running down all over the hill & Hiking trails unrecognizable. The top of the hill looks like a war zone is very hard to walk. It no longer resembles the wonderful well traveled forest trails full of laurels. It makes me SO SAD when I go up to see if it’s walkable. Such a shame to left the town with less town green...