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The main channel of water collided with a large outcropping of granite, tearing it apart, flinging house-sized boulders into the air and gouging out an 80- to 100-foot deep channel running roughly half a mile that we now call Purgatory Chasm.
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Hopkinton is all about the lake, and you'll find boat rentals and amenities in season.
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Three piles of what looked like bobcat scat, one recent, made me look for another spot to set up at.
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This is an unremarkable park that I think would be a short stop for most people in a multi-park rove.
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Like Goldilocks I tried each throne in turn.
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I was standing in front of my car taking a picture of the barricade when the man who built the structure walked over to say hello in a way that made me want to show him that my hands were empty.
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Apparently I'd set the station up ON the trail.
The main channel of water collided with a large outcropping of granite, tearing it apart, flinging house-sized boulders into the air and gouging out an 80- to 100-foot deep channel running roughly half a mile that we now call Purgatory Chasm.
Hopkinton is all about the lake, and you'll find boat rentals and amenities in season.
Three piles of what looked like bobcat scat, one recent, made me look for another spot to set up at.
Like Goldilocks I tried each throne in turn.
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No snakes, come here for the rocks and QSOs instead.
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A sandwich and a little POTA are the perfect combo for a warm New England fall day.
There was a guy in full camo carrying a shotgun in front of me, and a fully bedecked transvestite walking a poodle passing him on the way out. It was a little surreal.
A rare unactivated reference in Massachusetts that's more accessible than you might think.
Bring a ruler along to make sure that you are within the park boundaries at this lake-is-the-park site.
I'm usually ready for anything in the woods, the teepee was something new...
I've been burned a few times visiting parks that have had only a few activations. For a while I would get intrigued and excited when I'd find a nearby location that had only been activated one or two times, but then I realized that there usually was a reason.
Before you judge my planning, it's important to know that there's a road that goes all the way to the tip-top of Mt. Greylock. There's a lodge up there where you can book a room or have a meal while you sit out on the summit on a picnic table. The road was closed.
Silver Lake is the sort of park that you can bring the entire family to, there's plenty of recreation and relaxation available at this popular NH lake.
Just 8 acres perched on a rubble pile...
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