May 24th 2026: North Uxbridge Fire Museum, Uxbridge

 Today, we decided to go check out the North Uxbridge Fire Museum in Uxbridge. 

Small place, but at least we got the most out of a rainy day, including a misguided order of Bubblegum ice cream from Pirate's Cove in Northbridge.

Recommended Places to Visit: Uxbridge

Recreation

Golf

Blissful Meadows Golf Club
801 Chocolog Road

Water Bodies
Rice City Pond
East Hartford Avenue near Oak Street

Whitin Pond
~400 North Main Street

Bazeley Pond
126 Laurel Street

Chocolog Pond
611 Chocolog Road

Capron Pond
15 Mendon Street

West River Pond

28 West River Road

Ironstone Reservoir

1 Elmwood Avenue

Beaches

West Hill Dam
518 East Hartford Avenue

Pout Pond
~100 West River Road


Museums

Uxbridge Historical Society

44 Mendon Street

North Uxbridge Fire Museum

313 North Main Street

Parks

Wheelock Memorial Park

261 Mendon Street

Charles Smith Memorial Park

121 East Hartford Avenue

Hiking
Recommended:
Lee Pond
119 Aldrich Street

Blackstone River and Canal Heritage Park
287 Oak Street

Architecture

Monuments

Town Common
Court Street and Douglas Street

Places of Worship

Congregation Maranatha
15 South Main Street

St. Mary's Church
77 Mendon Street

Good Shepherd Church
121 Linwood Avenue

Faith Fellowship Church
647 Douglas Street

North Uxbridge Baptist Church
East Hartford Avenue and North Main Street

Schools

Uxbridge High School

300 Quaker Highway

Town Facilities
Town Hall
21 South Main Street

Public Library
15 North Main Street


Historical Buildings
Old Unitarian Church
North Main Street next to Public Library

Crown and Eagle Apartments
99 East Hartford Avenue

Blanchard Early Childhood Center
65 East Hartford Avenue

Restaurants

Tried:

Italian

UxLocale

510 Hartford Avenue West

Recommended Dishes:

Luppolo

Oyster Mushroom Ragu Parpadelle

Creme Brulee

Breakfast

Mom's Restaurant

307 North Main Street

Recommended Dishes:

Blackstone Benny

Meat Stuffed French Toast

May 17th 2026: Uxbridge Historical Society, Uxbridge

 Today, the Uxbridge Historical Society in Uxbridge had an open house, so we decided to go check it out.

Apparently there is also a fire museum in town, will come check it out next time.

From here, we went to get a quick bite from the second Cluck and Crispy Chicken in Worcester,

this time getting the Tempura Shrimp

and the Bacon Fried Chicken Burger.

Pretty good, being made from scratch, but the wait was too long making the little one late for class. Oh well.

September 21st 2025: Finding New Places in Grafton and Uxbridge

 Today, we passed through Grafton

Stephen H. Roney Memorial Park,
North Main Street and Bridge Street

to get to Uxbridge, where unfortunately Lee Reservoir and the Peabody Pond area are all on private property. Thankfully, we still found new places to see.

Uxbridge High School

Charles Smith Memorial Park,
121 East Hartford Avenue

Not a wasted trip after all.

September 14th 2025: North America's Largest Collection of Fresco Paintings in Woonsocket RI

 Today, we passed through Northbridge and

Ellis Pond, 869 Quaker Street

Uxbridge,

West River Pond,
28 West River Road

Wheelock Memorial Park,
261 Mendon Street

Ironstone Reservoir,
1 Elmwood Avenue

before going on a short hike at Centennial Park in North Smithfield RI, where the rough path we took is shown below in pink.

Nice views of the further dam,

and a side view of the second dam.

The path to the stone arch bridge was a little overgrown though, just a little.

and the dam here was dry, unfortunately.

From here, it was on to our main target for today in Woonsocket RI,

Harris Elementary School

the St Ann Arts and Cultural Center. We had some difficulty getting cash from an ATM nearby, but I am glad the volunteers stayed way past time to give us a really good tour of the beautiful place.

 

I'm glad I was finally able to visit North America's largest collection of fresco paintings after all this time. Interesting that fresco painting can only be done while the plaster is still wet, and errors cannot be easily reversed.

August 2nd 2025: Water Bodies in Northbridge, Douglas and Uxbridge

 Today, we passed through Grafton,

Early Learning Center

Northbridge, 

Meadow Pond,
306 Douglas Road

Uxbridge

Chocolog Pond,
611 Chocolog Road

Blissful Meadows Golf Club

and finally Douglas,

Fire Department

Hunt Pond, 5 College Street

Weeks Pond, 60 Depot Street

going on a short hike to find Chase Pond, where the path we took from the left of the South Douglas Cemetery at ~286 South Street is shown below in pink.

The view from south of the pond from the main trail was nothing to speak of,

but thankfully there was a side trail leading to the west side of the pond.

Our last stop of the day was at the Ice Cream Lady at 63 Main Street in town,

getting a cup of Chocolate Peanut Butter.

A good way to end a day of water bodies in several towns.