Directions to Our Favorite
Play Places!
Attic
Museum
From the center of Uxbridge:
Turn onto Rte 16 East toward Mendon. Turn Right at Bliss Salon &
Day Spa (the old Yarn Shop) which will be on your left as you turn.
Go behind Bliss, staying to the left of the Bernat Mill. The
entrance to the attic is at the end of the building closest to the Bliss
Spa. Enter and climb stairs on your left to the 2nd floor.
Whitinsville Tot
Lot
From the
Center
of
Uxbridge
: Take Rte. 122 heading towards Northbridge. Take a left onto
Linwood Ave.
After passing the
Whitinsville
Christian
School
, Northbridge High and Middle School, take a right onto
Cross Street
. Turn right into the parking lot for the Pleasant Street Christian
Church. The playground is in the back.
Martin St. Park,
Douglas
Go towards
Douglas
on Rte 16 West (past the Uxbridge police station)
Once you are in the center of town, you will see the Picket Fence
Restaurant on your right.
Just past that on your left, take Depot St. (just after a small town
green area)
Follow this less than a mile & you will see Martin St on your left,
(it's
sort of a fork & I did not see a street sign, but If you see the
police
station, you have gone to far.)
Once on Martin, go exactly one mile and the entrance is on your right.
There is no park sign, but there is a guard rail, and the mailbox right
before it was for #204.
Mendon Playground
From the center of Uxbridge:
Take a Rte 16 East toward Mendon. Follow Rte 16 approximately
3.8 miles. Turn Right onto
Taft Ave.
Playground is on your Left across from
Mendon
Town
beach.
D'Alfonso Park (
Hecla Street
, Uxbridge)
From the center of Uxbridge:
Take Rte 16 East toward Mendon. Follow Rte 16 for approximately 1.5 miles.
Take a Right onto
Hecla Street
(directly after the Polish American Hall.) Follow
Hecla Street
approximately .5 miles, Park is on your Right.
Wheelocksville Playground
(Rte 16, Uxbridge)
From the center of Uxbridge:
Take Rte 16 East toward Mendon. Follow Rte 16 for approximately .9
miles. The playground is at the intersection of Rte 16 and
Henry Street
.
Millbury Playground (
Washington St
, Millbury)
From the center of Uxbridge:
Take Rte 16 West toward
Douglas
. Take Rte 146 North toward Millbury/Worcester. Follow Rte 146
North for approximately 10.4 miles. Take W. MAIN ST ramp toward
MILLBURY. Turn Left onto
Elm ST
. Bear Left onto
West Main ST
. Turn Left onto
Washington ST
. Park is at the end of
Washington ST
.
Douglas
State Park
From the center of Uxbridge:
Take Rte 16 West toward
Douglas
. Follow Rte 16 for approximately 7.5 miles. Stay STRAIGHT to
go onto
SW MAIN ST
/ MA-96. Continue to follow
SW MAIN ST
for approximately 1.2 miles. Turn LEFT onto
WALLUM LAKE RD.
Follow
Wallum Lake Rd
for approxmately .8 miles.
Hopedale Playground
Follow Rte 16 East toward
Milford
. Turn Left onto
Adin St
. Follow down to Dutcher St. Go right. Park is about 3 blocks
down on the right. The entire place is sand, so bring some toys,
& for 25 cents you can do a craft with the parks dept.
Hopkinton (
EMC
Park
)
Follow 16 towards
Milford
. turn left onto Rte 85 (the road Lowe's is on). Follow
that road past Lowe's and into Hopkinton. You will be on this road
for quite a bit. Once in Hopkinton, the park is on your right hand
side. If you get to the high school, you have just past it.
Bring your bikes, skates or scooters, as the park has a walk-way that
surrounds it.
Pout Pond
From the center of Uxbridge:
Follow Rte 16 East toward Mendon approximately 1.5 miles. Turn left
on
West River Road
. The entrance to Pout Pond is approximately 1/2 mile on the Left.
(2nd entrance--the first is to the ball fields)
West
Hill
Dam
Park
**Note**
The route to
West
Hill
Park
is very well marked. If in doubt of our directions, Please
follow signs and ignore directions!
From the center of
Uxbridge: Follow Rte 122 North. Turn Right onto
East Hartford
Ave
for 1.4 miles towards West Hill Dam.
You will pass
Tri
River
doctors offices. Turn Slight Left
onto
Upton Rd
for 0.6 miles.
Upton Rd
becomes
Wolfe Hill
Rd
, follow for 0.3 miles. Turn
right onto
Quaker St.
for 0.2 miles. Turn right onto
West Hill Rd.
The entrance is
at the end of
West Hill Rd.
It is gated and you pay
$1 a person or $4 dollars per car. So it is a total of $4 dollars minimum.
Franklin
Playground
From
the center of Uxbridge: Follow Rte 16 East toward Mendon for 4.4
miles. Turn slight Left onto
Maple St
. Turn Slight Right onto
Main St
.
Main St
becomes Providence Turnpike, follow for
1.1 miles. Turn slight Right onto
Hartford Ave East
, follow for 4 miles. Merge onto Rte
495 South, follow for 2.4 miles. Take Exit 17 Rte 140 South toward
Franklin/Wrentham, follow of 0.3 miles. Turn Left onto 140/West
Central Street follow for approximately 1.5 miles (You will pass
Union
Street
Cemetery
on Right. Turn Right onto
West Street
. Look for a sign on the right for
Nason street
. The
playground is on
Nason street
(it's a tiny street).
Upton
Playground
From the
Center
of
Uxbridge
: Follow Rte 16 East toward Mendon. Turn Left onto
North Ave.
North Ave
becomes Mendon St, follow for a total of approximately 4.4 miles.
Turn Right onto
Grove St
. Follow
Grove Street
to end. Take a Sharp Right onto
Milford Street
, Playground is on the Right.
Auburn Rocketland Park
Take 146N to the Mass Pike, head West
towards Springfield
Take EXIT 10 toward RT-12 / AUBURN /
I-395 / WORCESTER / I-290.
Take the exit on the LEFT toward I-290
/ WORCESTER / I-395 / OXFORD / WEBSTER.
Take the RT-12 N exit toward AUBURN /
WORCESTER.
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto MA-12 /
SOUTHBRIDGE ST.
Turn LEFT onto OXFORD ST N.
End at Horgan Skating Arena:
400 Oxford St N, Auburn,
MA 01501, US
Assabet Park, Northborough
Pick up Rt 135 in Westborough center.
FOllow Rt 135 North, over Rt 9 into Northborough.
The park is not far past Brigham
St(on right)
Choate Park,
Medway
Follow Rt 16 into
Milford, Follow through downtown and the Plains to the junctionof Rt 16
and Rt 109. Bear Right onto Rt 109 and follow into Medway.
You will then pass through a set of lights at the Dunkin Donuts and
Restaurant 45(one of my favorites!). Stay straight. Next you
will come to a blinking light-take a Right. Immediately you
will take a left at the full set of traffic lights. You are still
on Rt 109. Follow for about 1/2 mile and Choate is on your
left.
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