Plan your visit to Eastover: Hales Brook and Sippican River
This property is open during normal hours. The Trustees asks that visitors follow
social distancing guidelines for the health and safety of all. Please note: all buildings and inside areas are remain closed on all properties. For more information about our response to COVID-19, please
click here.
Admission & Fees
When to Visit
Year-round, daily, sunrise to sunset.
Admission
FREE to all.
Trail Map
Trail maps are available at the bulletin board in the parking lot. Please understand that supplies periodically run out. We recommend that you download a trail map before you visit.
Getting Here & Directions
Clapp Road, Rochester, MA 02770
County Road, Marion, MA
Telephone: 508.636.4693
E-mail: southcoast@thetrustees.org
Latitude: 41.4434
Longitude: -70.4640
Get directions on Google Maps.
How to Get There
From I-195, take Exit 20 for Rt. 105 North. Follow for 0.3 mi., then turn right onto County Rd. The parking area is on the left just before 285 County Road.
Additional Information
Before You Go
We encourage you to visit as many Trustees properties as you can.
Wherever your travels take you, please observe all posted regulations, follow special instructions from property staff, and keep in mind the Stewardship Code:
- Protect wildlife and plants.
- Guard against all risk of fire.
- Help keep air and water clean.
- Carry out what you carry in.
- Use marked footpaths and bridle paths.
- Leave livestock, crops, and machinery alone.
- Respect the privacy of neighboring land.
- Enjoy and share the landscape with others.
Click on links below for further visitor information:
Before Setting Out
Enjoying Trustees Reservations
Safety
About Hunting on Trustees of Reservations Land
History
Located on two tracts owned by the Town of Marion and managed by The Trustees, these 2.5 miles of forest trail traverse pine and oak uplands and unique wetland habitats. On the trail you’ll pass a dramatic rock outcropping emerging from the forest floor and walk along an extensive elevated boardwalk that gives up-close views of an ecologically sensitive area. On the northern trail loop, a stone slab bridge crosses over a small stream.
A recent easement granted by the neighboring cranberry bog owner, whose active bogs you can see from the trail, will connect the Town of Marion’s East Over Reservation to Hathaway Pond and the Town of Rochester, adding about a mile of walking trails to the existing system. Work is also underway on another trail addition, just north of the rock outcropping; it’s scheduled to be completed in 2014.
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