Owned by the town since 1969, Rock Meadow Conservation Area is located less than two minutes from Beaver Brook Reservation on Mill Street. The land is comprised of 70 acres of undulating meadows, wetlands, streams and woods. The state has designated the area as an important grassland and a natural habitat for plants and animals that have been forced from former farmland. Rock Meadow offers hiking, birding, biking, picnicking and wandering opportunities. The area is also the home of Belmont's community gardens. It resembles the meadows in the south of England.