Located in Haverhill, MA sits a beautiful castle that was
built back in 1873. Before the castle was built, Dr. James Nichols originally
purchased the land to conduct experiments with chemical fertilizers. Several
years later, he decided to build the castle as his summer home. The castle and
all 27 acres of land surrounding it stayed in the family until 1895 and was
then sold to the city of Haverhill.
The outside of the castle has remained sound but the
inside was destroyed in a fire back in 1969. With the help of some local high
school students, the Winnekenni Foundation restored the inside and it is now
rented out for functions.
Aside from the castle, this place is a wonderful
recreational park for the whole family. There is a playground, places to picnic
and nice wide paths to bike or walk all surrounding a beautiful lake. The
trails seemed endless where there are paths leading off of paths.
Even though this place is only about 45 minutes away from
us, I found myself wishing it was much
closer to make as my regular walking trail. I know we will be back though. While
Dave biked this trail and I walked it, there were many more trails we both
missed and will have to explore on our next trip back!
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