Blueberry Plains

This was a really nice spot for a short walk, with sandy soils, pitch pines, blueberries, and a trail to Goosefare Brook. A new housing community on the barrens in 2025 decreased the area for the trails, but a network of organized trails have been created around the development. These are mostly level and easy.

The trail system is organized by color. The 0.6-mile green footpath at the southern end of the development, close to the parking area, goes through forest and swings around a high bank overlooking the sandy stream far below. It’s quite difficult reaching the brook. The green trail meets up with the one-way, 0.8-mile blue trail, which weaves behind the housing development and ends at a kiosk at the northern end of the development. (There’s no easy way to park at this kiosk, best to park at the other trailhead.)

I wasn’t able to locate the orange trail indicated on the map. I also on my map indicated a very eroded trail that descends steeply to the stream. (I saw a lot of tires in the stream!)

If you cross the stream, you’ll find a labyrinth of ATV trails that head out over the sandy power line corridor and beyond.

Directions: The address is 163 Ross Road. Pull into a small lot on Ross Road, about 0.9 miles from Route 1.