Bertha Soule Memorial Park

Bertha Soule Memorial Park

Randolph, Massachusetts 02368

Official Website
Powers Farm Community Park Official Website

About this Location

Bertha Soule Memorial Park covers an area of 5.9 acres. This park is suitable for walking. In addition to its natural scenery, this park also has a parking lot.

About Powers Farm Community Park

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Generations of Randolph residents have enjoyed recreational activities on the land once known as Bendall Farm, then Sunnyworth Manor, and now Powers Farm, as well as neighboring Norroway Pond and Bertha Soule Memorial Park.  The town acquired the properties to keep as a nature preserve through land donation, grant-funded land purchase, and Community Preservation Act funding.

In 2009 the Town of Randolph, Massachusetts, through the Community Preservation Committee, purchased a 22-acre parcel of land from the Powers family, who had farmed the property for over a century. This open space parcel, now known as Powers Farm Community Park, encompasses a portion of Norroway Brook, Norroway Pond, multiple acres of successional meadows, marshland, an alfalfa field, and an Atlantic White Cedar Swamp.

This parcel is unique to Randolph and much of the metropolitan Boston area because it is an undeveloped 22-acre parcel with a five-acre pond, acres of open field, and a rare Atlantic White Cedar Swamp. Active agriculture, over the past century, has kept the land open and kept invasive plant species in check. Wildlife is abundant due to the connectivity to large expanses of open space to the north and south. Norroway Pond, constructed for agricultural uses and ice harvest, is a scenic treasure and home to a large population of waterfowl and other wildlife.

Features

  • Restrooms on site

  • Wheelchair accessible trail

  • Entrance fee

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Last updated February 10, 2024