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Sudbury Valley Trustees is a charitable corporation protecting the natural resources of the Sudbury River Valley since 1953. The maps show the Sudbury Valley Trustees' properties that are most suitable for walking or cross-country skiing. It provides the location, it relatives size and its most used trails. The sources for the map come from town atlases, assessors sheets, the United States Geodetic Survey quadrangle maps, aerial photographs, and people familiar with the area. Individual maps also provide specific description for that particular area/walks. Photographs of each area are shown. Individual locations highlighted are: Walkup and Robinson Memorial Reservation, Westborough, Brues Woods, Upper Mill Brook, Wayland, Wayside Inn Road, Framingham, Gray Reservation, Sudbury, Hamlin Woods, Wayland, Welch Reservation, Framingham, Round Hill, Sudbury, Lyons/Cutler Reservation, Sudbury. On the reverse side, a large map covers portions of the towns of Westborough, Southborough, Marlborough, Ashland, Framingham, Sudbury, Maynard, Stow, Acton, Concord, Lincoln, Wayland, and Natick. A smaller map shows Carlisle, Billerica, Concord, Lincoln, and Bedford. Great Meadow National Wildlife Refuge properties and Callahan State Park in Framingham are also highlighted. It also includes an index of properties owned in Billerica, Concord, Framingham, Hudson, Southborough, Sudbury, Wayland, and Westborough.