Burnett Road
Living next to Chicopee Memorial State Park
Chicopee Memorial State Park’s 575 acres of woodlands cover the north and west sides of Burnett Road. Sunbathers and lifeguards line the sandy Chicopee Reservoir beachfront in the summer, while more than 7 miles of trails are open year-round to hikers, mountain bikers and cross-country skiers. Some homes on Burnett Road are across the street from the park entrance and a half-mile walk from the beach and trailheads. However, most people would need to use the parking lot, which costs $8 for state residents. “There are always people and their kids and dogs having fun, especially in the fall,” says Fred Gonzalez, a Realtor with Executive Real Estate. “People enjoy the foliage. Everything is all yellow and red." Williams Park next door has a playground and fields for baseball, soccer and softball. Eastward on Burnett Road, Chicopee Country Club hosts an 18-hole, par-71 golf course. The city owns Chicopee Country Club, and golfers don’t have to be members to play the course designed by renowned architect Geoffrey Cornish.Classic car show hosted by Oregon Sportsmen’s Club
In a clearing among the woods on the south end of the neighborhood, Oregon Sportsmen’s Club of Western Massachusetts hosts events throughout the year. In addition to meeting up for fishing and archery, members put on fishing derbies for kids and classic car shows and steak dinners for the entire community. These events often raise money for local nonprofits such as Shriners Children’s New England clinic in Springfield.Homes alongside Chicopee Country Club
Burnett Road was developed later than many Chicopee neighborhoods. As a result, ranches and split-levels fill the neighborhood rather than the Victorian homes seen in other parts of town. Homes were laid out uniformly on lots varying from a quarter to a third of an acre. Even the subdivisions without sidewalks have minimal traffic and wide streets, enabling residents to go for strolls or walk their dogs. Most homes aren’t in walking distance of neighborhood businesses, and a lack of crosswalks on Burnett Road makes it tougher to walk beyond individual subdivisions. Mobile homes sell in the low $100,000s, while most site-built houses are priced from the high $200,000s to the mid-$400,000s. Large colonial and Cape Cod-inspired new traditional homes next to Chicopee Country Club cost roughly $600,000. Small pockets of the neighborhood face flood risks, so homebuyers may need to research flood insurance options.Restaurants and bowling along Burnett Road
Businesses are concentrated along Burnett Road. Manufacturers, warehouses and Bowlero Chicopee bowling alley are on the south end, with fast-food restaurants farther north along the road. The street continues past Country Trading Post & Restaurant, a barn-shaped stop for plates of kielbasa and eggs or Vermont cheddar chicken sandwiches. An attached convenience store sells snacks and drinks. A Big Y supermarket is less than 2 miles east of the neighborhood in the town of Ludlow. Two miles west of Burnett Road, Walmart, The Home Depot and other retail chains fill the shopping centers on Memorial Drive, Chicopee’s primary shopping corridor. Immigrants from countries around the world have settled in Chicopee for more than 100 years, contributing to the mix of cuisine available in neighborhoods such as Chicopee Center and Chicopee Falls. “If you wanted Indian food, Middle Eastern food or Japanese food, we have all those things available to us,” Gajda says.Farm-to-table meals at Litwin Elementary
Litwin Elementary School near the middle of the neighborhood gets a B-minus Niche grade. School lunches often use local ingredients, such as butternut squash grown at McKinstry Farms in Chicopee and fish sticks from Red’s Best seafood market in Boston. C-rated 1st Sgt. Kevin A. Dupont Middle School is about 3 miles outside Burnett Road, and it’s just down the road from Chicopee High School, which gets a B.At the intersection of I-90, I-291
Though it’s tucked away, Burnett Road is linked to the rest of the Springfield region by Interstate 291 and Interstate 90. The former leads to downtown Springfield, and the latter routes east to Worcester, 45 miles away, and Boston, 40 miles farther. Gonzalez says this makes the neighborhood a good landing spot for commuters. "Burnett Road is a popular pick for people who are relocating because of the interstate." Drivers also get on I-291 to catch flights from Bradley International Airport, located 25 miles south of Burnett Road in Connecticut. The commercial airport flies to more than 45 destinations.On the other side of Chicopee Memorial State Park from Burnett Road is the nation’s largest air reserve base: Westover Air Reserve Base. More than 5,500 people work military and civilian jobs on site, also home to Westover Metro Airport. Military aircraft and charter flights take off and land from the facility, but most flight paths don’t go over Burnett Road.



Agents Specializing in this Area
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Dorothy Maiwald
HB Real Estate, LLC
(413) 779-8828
70 Total Sales
2 in Burnett Road
$273K - $300K Price Range
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Karen Ford
Park Square Realty
(860) 962-4218
67 Total Sales
2 in Burnett Road
$309K - $370K Price Range
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Karen Kopeski
Today Real Estate, Inc.
(413) 420-5422
76 Total Sales
1 in Burnett Road
$56,500 Price
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Karen Kirby
HB Real Estate, LLC
(860) 831-3977
89 Total Sales
1 in Burnett Road
$85,000 Price
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Susan Lyons
Responds QuicklyHB Real Estate, LLC
(860) 901-1458
56 Total Sales
1 in Burnett Road
$260,475 Price
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Ray Hoess-Brooks
HB Real Estate, LLC
(860) 356-3690
135 Total Sales
2 in Burnett Road
$305K - $400K Price Range
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1 - Low Crime, 10 - High Crime | Burnett Road | US |
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Homicide | 1 | 4 |
Sexual Assault | 2 | 4 |
Assault with Weapon | 2 | 4 |
Robbery | 2 | 4 |
Burglary | 3 | 4 |
Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 4 |
Larceny | 3 | 4 |
Crime Score | 2 | 4 |
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Burnett Road Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Burnett Road, Chicopee sell after 125 days on the market compared to the national average of 70 days. The median sale price for homes in Burnett Road, Chicopee over the last 12 months is $680,000, up 181% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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