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Travel to Devens, MA -- town
description, search for hotel and motel accommodations
by Eric H., lifelong
New Englander
A model of effective former military
installation reuse (Ft. Devens), Devens has transformed into
a 4,400 planned community with a rapidly growing business community,
residential neighborhoods, a downtown including the Marriott
Spring Hill Suites Hotel, the 18-hole Red Tail Golf Club,
and 2,100 acres of preservation. There's still a military presence
here with the Army Reserve, but the look is so much different
now than the days of the storied Ft. Devens. Military quarters
are now being sold as civilian housing, and there are now more
business suits seen than military uniforms. It is remarkable
how far Devens has come since Ft. Devens' closure in 1995, thanks
to the ambitious and dedicated work of MassDevelopment..
Devens is certainly a thriving
place for businesses and business travelers. In addition to the
pleasing campus-like look of Devens, surrounding towns like Harvard,
Shirley, Groton, and Ayer all have small-town, classic New England
elements with town greens, country roads, scenic lakes and ponds,
and churches with tall white steeples. Harvard might just be
the best example of classic New England with beautifully maintained
Colonial Homes, a general store and old town buildings framing
a cool, tree-shaded town common. There's also a large town playing
field with a beautiful lake with a town beach right down the
road.
The whole area is full of pleasing
farm stands, including Carlson
Orchards, a 140 acre pick-your-own apple, peach, nectarine,
blueberry, and raspberry farm in Harvard. Nashoba
Valley Winery in Bolton, MA features a 52-acre apple orchard,
wine tasting tours, and J's Restaurant, a rustic farmhouse known
for its gourmet dinner offerings, farm fresh vegetables and award-winning
wines. The setting is pleasing to the eye with its gentle rolling
farmland.
The Devens area is packed with
excellent restaurants, one of the best being the New England
fare cuisine at the scenic 1761 Old Mill
in Westminster, MA and many other choices in the nearby cities
of Fitchburg and Leominster.
Devens is less than an hour to
Boston, 35 minutes to Worcester, and about 25 minutes to historic
Concord. It is also within 25 minutes to the Mt.
Wachusett Ski Area for those business travelers who also
like to ski!
Some Attractions in the Devens, MA area:
*: Ayer - 2 miles * Devens Common
Center - adjacent * Downtown Boston - 33 miles * Fitchburg -
12 miles * Groton - 6 miles * Johnny Appleseed Trail - 5 miles
* Leominster - 10 miles * Littleton - 4 miles * Marlborough -
19 miles * Mount Wachusett Ski Area - 10 miles * Nashoba Valley
Ski Area - 5 miles * Red Trail Golf Club - 1/2 mile * Searstown
Mall - 4 miles * Shirley - 4 miles * Westford - 12 miles * Worcester
- 26 miles
Companies: Anheuser-Busch - 1/4
mile * Barnum Industrial Park - 1/2 mile * Cains Foods - 2 miles
* Devens Industrial Park - 1/4 mile * Devens Recreation - 1/10
mile * Gillette Company - 1/2 mile * Jackson Technology Park
- 1/10 mile * Reserve Forces - 0 miles * Robbins Technology Park
- 1/10 mile
Hotels and motels in Devens, MA and surrounding
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