Historic O’Neil Farm

Historic O'Neil Farm in Duxbury features more than 2 miles of trails through woods, wetlands, and pasture, with up-close views of the only working dairy farm left in town. The 145-acre property has been farmed continuously since the early 1700s, and Carl O'Neil, whose family has run the dairy for more than a century, still milks around 40 cows here today. The farmland was permanently protected in 2005 through a partnership between the Wildlands Trust, Duxbury's Community Preservation Act fund, and private donors, ensuring the fields and barn stay in agricultural use for good. It is a nice, low-key walk with the occasional wooden footbridge, and enough open pasture to make it feel different from most of Duxbury's wooded conservation land.