Ravenswood Park

Ravenswood Park is a nature reserve in the western section of Gloucester, Massachusetts owned and managed by the Trustees of Reservations,^[1] which acquired the property in 1993.^[2] It can be accessed from Western Avenue, the road to Manchester through the Magnolia area. Ravenswood Park is frequented by cross-country skiers during the winter.

Mason A. Walton lived for 33 years in a house he built in the woods in 1884. He came to be known as "The Hermit of Gloucester."^[3][4] He published a book, A Hermit's Wild Friends.^[5] A plaque attached to a boulder marks the site of the cabin.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ravenswood Park, Massachusetts.

• The Trustees of Reservations: Ravenswood Park
• Trail map
• Essex National Heritage Commission: Ravenswood Park

42°35′40″N 70°41′43″W / 42.59444°N 70.69528°W / 42.59444; -70.69528

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