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Westville Lake is situated on the Quinebaug River in the towns of Southbridge and Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Westville offers a variety of hiking opportunities, group picnic shelters, a picnic cove, a large recreation field, canoe/kayak launches, and much more. Natural Features: The recreation area features a large open field, a picnic cove with trees for shade on those hot summer days, and beautiful waterside views for wildlife viewing. Recreation: Westville Lake offers two large picnic shelters for hosting any number of events, a canoe/kayak launch into a slow current river, fishing opportunities, plenty of charcoal grills and picnic tables for everyone to enjoy, and a trail network perfect for hiking for all ages. In the winter, there is an ice skating pond in the park and perfect sledding hills! Facilities: There are two large picnic shelters with electricity hook-ups, picnic tables, and grills available for use in the recreation area. There is a large picnic cove with many picnic tables and grills. There are also flush toilets, drinking water, and hiking trails available throughout the park. Nearby Attractions: Explore the living history museum of Old Sturbridge Village nearby.
Westville Lake can be accessed from Wallace Road in Sturbridge, which is located directly off of Main St. The Dam and Recreation area can also be accessed from West St in Southbridge by taking a right onto South St. The physical address for the Westville Lake Recreation Area is 125 Wallace Road.
Nice walking trails and views of the water. We parked up by the dam and walked across the bridge and along the walking path if you keep going you will reach a picnic area with tables and pavilions.
I like to come here to hike. It is scenic, but it is a small park and there's only about 3 trails. One of the trails is about 1 mile round trip, the other one is about 2 miles round trip, and the longest is about 4 miles round trip. You can also walk the paved roads within the park, but the roads aren't that long either. Also, I like to go biking here, but it's too small of a park to bike. It's good for kids though. However, they do have a nice recreation area that has covered tents that you can rent or picnic areas that you don't have to rent, and they have picnic tables, grills and a nice large grass field area where you can play badminton or volleyball.
Today I rode the trail from the dam side to West St. School. This route follows the river pretty close. Pretty level once you're down to the river. There are benches and picnic tables along the trail. The trail exit or entrance is in the back of West St. School by the lower soccer field.
There is also a kids' play area by the soccer field and parking area.
A beautiful place to go on any day from early spring to late fall. Very well laid gravel trail loop around a beautiful Westville lake. I think entire trail loop must be little over 1 mile to 1.5 mile. Climb few stairs to enjoy lovely views from a Dam. We love to visit this place atleast once per season. There are some well arranged and maintained benches with coal grills for a fantastic picnic with friends or family.
