Property Description	135 acres | Established 1942
Once called Conaumet, from the Wampanoag word "Kuwunut," meaning beach, 135-acre Lowell Holly is named for its donor, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, and its stands of American holly trees (Ilex opaca). Lowell embellished the landscape with scattered plantings of rosebay and catawba rhododendrons as well as mountain laurel. Wilfred Wheeler, Sr., a former Massachusetts Secretary of Agriculture and an enthusiastic member of the American Holly Society, continued this tradition after Lowell's death by planting some fifty varieties of American holly known for their heavy fruiting and lustrous foliage. The Reservation's woodland is rich with mature American beech, tupelo, red maple, black birch, and several species of pine and oak, suggesting that little human activity has altered the landscape for at least 200 years. Lowell Holly's most intriguing features may be its two peninsular knolls, one of which juts out into Mashpee Pond and the other into Wakeby Pond. Both vantage points offer spectacular views over these large ponds. Four miles of carriage paths and footpaths connect all points of interest, including two small sandy beaches. Mashpee and Wakeby ponds are renowned for their exceptional trout, smallmouth bass, chain pickerel, and bluegill.
Trails
4 miles of trails and former carriage paths. Moderate walking.
Property Acquisition History
Original acreage a bequest, with endowment, of A. Lawrence Lowell in 1942. Additional land purchased in 1973.

E-mail:
southcoast@ttor.org

When to Visit:
Year-round, daily, sunrise to sunset. Allow a minimum of 1.5 hours.

Admission Fees & Permits:
Year-round parking area: free to all. Seasonal parking area: Available Memorial Day through Labor Day. Trustees members free, nonmembers $6 per car/motorcycle. Boat landing fee: Trustees members free, nonmembers $6 for daily landing fee or $40 for seasonal permit.

Regulations / Advisories:

How to Get There:
Memorial Day to Labor Day: From Route 6, take exit 2 onto Route 130 south and follow for 1.5 mi. Turn left onto Cotuit Road and follow for 3.4 mi. Then turn right onto South Sandwich Road and follow for 0.7 mi. Turn right onto unmarked road and follow to seasonal entrance and parking area (20 cars). Year-round: Same directions as above, but, after turning right onto South Sandwich Road, follow for 0.6 mi to year-round entrance and parking area (6 cars) on right. For immediate access to Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, visitors are advised to use the seasonal parking area; Mashpee-Wakeby Pond is much further away along a circuitious trail from the year-round parking area.

Road Map:

		To seasonal entrance
		To year-round entrance

Lowell Holly Trail Map (PDF 342K)