Our Sanctuaries

Nalebuff Sanctuary, Falmouth, Half Acre – 1996 This more than half-acre property with oak and pine trees is on a small peninsula in the Waquoit…

Mary De La Vallette Sanctuary, Phillipston, Massachusetts, 46 Acres – 1994 Because he was interested in maintaining the integrity of the wildlife habitat and was…

The Ledges, Southbridge, Massachusetts, 4 acres – 1986 Even smaller sanctuaries serve an important purpose. The Ledges Sanctuary provides critical protection for a public water…

The David Nelson Sanctuary, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 14.5 Acres – 1991 Once a hunting retreat, the donor, David Nelson, now deceased, willed Orenda this lakeside 14.5-acre…

261 Rock Harbor Road, Orleans and Eastham, Massachusetts, 8.5 acres – 2010 This 8.5 acre sanctuary is located in both Orleans and Eastham and is…

Bay Lane, Centerville, Massachusetts, 2.2 acres – 1992 This more than 2 acre sanctuary resides in an Aquifer Protection Overlay District, a designation designed to…

Brewster, Massachusetts, 27 acres – 1996 Named for the clean, three-acre pond — one of the steepest kettlehole ponds on the Cape — that it…

Mashpee River Woodlands Sanctuary, Mashpee, 2 acres – 1999 Originally donated by a realty company, this 2 acre sanctuary of oak and pine forest was…

Makepeace & Mercy Lowe Sanctuaries, Mashpee, Massachusetts – 1998 & 2001 Once used as a woodlot to fuel the furnaces at the West Barnstable Brick…

Washington, Massachusetts, 34 acres – 2000 Situated in the heart of the Berkshires, this sanctuary is the last remaining parcel of what was once the…

Meadow Lane, West Barnstable, Massachusetts, 9 acres – 1988 Orenda’s first sanctuary on Cape Cod. The property was acquired from the Estate of Ina Davidson…

2003: Orenda acquires the Red Brook Land parcel in Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. Ken Marsters of Mashpee donated this one acre with 300 feet frontage…