Buck Meadow Conservation Area

Distance: 1 Mile Loop

Difficulty: Easy

Located on Route 101A in Amherst is Buck Meadow Conservation Area. This use to be a golf course that has been turned into a recreation and conservation area. The parking lot is large and fits several vehicles. This is a multi use trail for hiking, walking, shoeshoeing and cross country skiing.

From the parking lot you bare left towards the edge of the woods and a kiosk with a trail map.

Follow the trail around the edge of the woods. There are trail markers with directions to a couple side trails.

The trails are easy to follow. In total the loop and side trails are only a mile. If you don’t want to drive, want a place to walk the dog, or easy place to snowshoe or cross country ski this is the perfect spot.

There is a another trailhead off Stearns Road in Amherst, but there is only enough parking for one or two cars.