Recommended Places to Visit: Oxford

Recreation

Parks

Treasure Land Playground

211 Church Street

Beaches
Carbuncle Pond
497 Main Street

Hiking
Recommended:
Hodges Village Dam
48 Howarth Road

Sacrarrappa Pond

End of Lovett Road

Oxford Fire Tower/Grassy Pond

End of Tower Hill Road

Water Bodies
Lowe's Pond
~6 Huguenot Road

McKinstry Pond
Waite Street and Forest Street

Sigourney Pond
20 Clara Barton Road

Texas Pond

149 Southbridge Road

Number 2 Pond

300 Sutton Avenue

Stump Pond

300 Sutton Avenue

Hudson Pond

60 Hudson Road

Museums
Huguenot Steamer No 1 Fire Museum
655 Main Street

Architecture

Monuments
Vietnamese War Memorial
Water Street and Main Street

Pig Bus (moved)
Southbridge Road and Leicester Street

American Legion Post 58

227 Main Street

Huguenot Fort Site

Fort Hill Road and Rhonda Rheault Drive

Places of Worship

St. Ann's Church
652 Main Street

Oxford United Methodist Church
465 Main Street

Grace Episcopal Church
270 Main Street

First Congregational Church
355 Main Street

St. Roch's Church
332 Main Street

Oak Hill Bible Church
40 Sacarrappa Road

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
49 Old Webster Road

First Baptist Church
693 Main Street

Sarva Dev Mandir
6 Main Street


Schools
Oxford High School
495 Main Street

Alfred M Chaffee School

9 Clover Street

Historical Buildings
Old Clara Barton Summer Home
28 Charlton Street

Town Facilities

Town Hall
325 Main Street

Oxford Public Library
339 Main Street

Restaurants

Highly Recommended:
Breakfast

Half Baked and Fully Roasted
578 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
The Crabby Benedict

Western
Oxford's Casual Dining
2 Millbury Boulevard
Recommended Dishes:
Steak Chimichurri


Italian

J. Anthony's Italian Grill
206 Southbridge Road North
Recommended Dishes:
Italian Wedding Soup
Corn Chowder
Pork Cannelloni

Tried:
Deli
Isador's Organics
261 Main Street

Recommended Dishes:

Demon BBQ Chicken

Chinese
Meiji Asian Cuisine

291 Main Street

Recommended Dishes:

Eggplant and Tofu in Garlic Sauce

Western
Whistle Stop

291 Main Street

Recommended Dishes:

Fall Harvest Chicken

Breakfast

N and J Donuts
315 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Maple Donut

Big I's (closed)
578 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
The Pirate


Carl's Oxford Diner
291 Main Street
Recommended Dishes:
Pastrami and Cheese Omelette

October 18th 2025: Hiking Across Towns in Oxford and Douglas

 Today, after passing through Sutton,

Jacob Van Dyke Memorial Park,
5 Hough Road

Stevens Pond,
3 Parker Road

We went on a hike to find the Oxford Fire Tower in Oxford, where the path we took from the end of Tower Hill Road is shown below in pink.

The tower itself was off limits though.

From here, we decided to take the path to get to Grassy Pond in Douglas. 

Pretty nice water body in the middle of nowhere.

July 4th 2025: Checking Out Water Bodies in Oxford and Sutton

 Today, after checking out several places in Oxford,

Alfred M Chaffee School

American Legion Post 58

Treasure Land Playground,
11 Church Street

Number 2 Pond,
300 Sutton Avenue

Stump Pond,
300 Sutton Avenue

Hudson Pond,
60 Hudson Road

We went on a hike to find Thompson Pond and Town Farm Pond in Sutton, which is on a side trail from the Mid-State Trail. The path we took here from 119 Town Farm Road is shown below in pink.

Thompson Pond is pretty much a wetland now,

although Town Farm Pond was not bad to look at.

Overall, a pretty good day for checking out water bodies in Sutton and Oxford.

December 27th 2023: Rawson Mill Brook Reservoir, Shrewsbury

 Today, after checking out several water bodies southwest of Worcester,

Smiths Pond,
Gerald Court, Leicester

Tinker Hill Reservoir,
42 Tinker Hill Road, Auburn

Texas Pond,
149 Southbridge Road, Oxford

we decided to go for a short hike to look for Rawson Mill Brook Reservoir in Shrewsbury, parking at 318 Prospect Street. A new dam structure with a gurgling brook alongside the path, but nothing much else here.

 

April 29th 2023: Hunting for Sheep in the Webster Area

 Today, after getting a Bacon Ranch Chicken Cheese Steak (Applewood smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, white American cheese and ranch dressing)

from the Jersey Mike's Subs location in Westborough, we decided to go on a hunt for Slater's Sheep in the Webster area, starting out with the Oxford Public Library in Oxford,

then Webster,

Fire Department

Police Department

Gladys E. Kelly Library

where there were several sheep in town,

Fire Department

Aubuchon Hardware

Webster Five Bank

Webster First Bank

Police Department

Town Hall #1

Town Hall #2

Gladys E. Kelly Library

including the Samuel Slater Experience museum,

which is a pretty well presented history museum I must say.

Finally, 2 more sheep in Dudley,

Boys & Girls Club of Webster - Dudley

Marty's Liquors

before we called it a day. Apparently I might have missed one at Christopher Heights in Webster. Guess I'll have to come back again some day. Pity there is no map of the sheep available like there was for the hearts in Framingham.