Forests Review
Nashoba Valley
2026-11-15 03:57:20 · The Daily Ledger
The Nashoba Valley is an area in northwestern Middlesex and northeastern Worcester Counties, Massachusetts, located around the interchange of Interstate 495 and Massachusetts Route 2.
At one point, Littleton, Massachusetts, was known as the Praying Indian town of Nashoba. The hill that today is Nashoba Valley Ski Area is called Nashoba Hill.

Towns
There is no precise definition, but the following towns generally consider themselves in the Nashoba Valley:

Acton
Ayer
Bolton
Boxborough
Fort Devens
Dunstable
Groton
Harvard
Lancaster
Littleton
Pepperell
Shirley
Stow
Townsend
Westford
Notable usages of Nashoba
Nashoba Publishing, Devens
Nashoba Regional High School, Bolton
Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Ayer
Nashoba Valley Ski Area, Westford, Littleton
Nashoba Valley Technical High School, Westford
Nashoba Valley Winery, Bolton
Geography of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Geography of Worcester County, Massachusetts
Regions of Massachusetts
