Kettle Brook

Kettle Brook runs through woods bordering Worcester Academy’s athletic fields. There is a dramatic rocky gorge and the remnants of a stone dam along the brook.

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Quick Facts
Acreage: 16
Type: Property, Easement
Location: 7 Merridale Street, 17 Aldena Road & 3 A Ludlow Street, Worcester
Trail Distance: 2 trails, 1 mile total
Established: 12/31/1997, 3/13/1998 (Kettle Brook), 12/26/2012 (Kettle Brook Overlook)
Features: Kettle brook, large granite-block breached dam, small fieldstone breached dam, wooded, trails present, connects to adjacent trails, adjacent to Kettle Brook Gorge
Parking: Kettle Brook Lofts Parking Lot; Worcester Academy western parking lot on Stafford Street
Conservation Purposes: 

• Passive recreation and wildlife habitat
• Riparian habitat
• Archeology