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Wooden birdboxes in an open green meadow, with a forest on the far end.
Lake Wampanoag, Gardner

Lake Wampanoag Wildlife Sanctuary

  • Gardner
  • 378 Acres

Plan Your Visit

Since Lake Wampanoag is one of the lesser visited wildlife sanctuaries, it’s easy to be alone there. That is, of course, if you don’t count the fascinating wildlife that inhabit this sanctuary including moose, bears, deer, bobcats, and coyotes. The ecologically managed grasslands (i.e. mowing late in the season) support Bobolinks and Savannah Sparrows.

Directions to Lake Wampanoag

Property Regulations

  • Foot travel only; please stay on trails (day passes are available for powered mobility devices)
  • Dog walking and horseback riding are prohibited; please leave all animals and pets at home (service animals welcome)
  • Camping, collecting, smoking, hunting, fishing, releasing of animals, and feeding wildlife is prohibited.
  • Commercial photography needs prior approval; please see all photography guidelines.

Facilities

  • Parking
    Parking

Explore Lake Wampanoag

  • A Clouded Sulphur Butterfly on a yellow flower.
    Clouded Sulphur, Lake Wampanoag, Gardner © Alan LaPierre
  • Eastern Bluebird on top of a wooden birdbox with a dragonfly in its beak.
    Eastern Bluebird, Lake Wampanoag, Gardner © Alan LaPierre
  • Cedar Waxwing on a stick, facing the camera but looking to the side.
    Lake Wampanoag, Gardner © Alan LaPierre
  • Swampy wetlands with logs and ferns in the bank. Tall, bare tree trunks stand throughout the wetland.
    Lake Wampanoag, Gardner
  • Wooden birdboxes in an open green meadow, with a forest on the far end.
    Lake Wampanoag, Gardner
  • Person in a sunhat reviews the Lake Wampanoag bulletin. A green trail is off to their left.
    Lake Wampanoag, Gardner