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US-8423 Purgatory Chasm State Reservation

Near the end of the last ice age quite a bit of North America was covered in a thick layer of ice, in some place reaching a thickness of two miles. Around 12,500 years ago the planet began to warm rapidly, and the ice began to melt. Vast ice water lakes formed behind enormous dams, […]
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US-2440 Hopkinton SP

In the summertime you’ll be lucky to find a parking spot at this popular park in the eastern part of Massachusetts. You might recognize Hopkinton from the town’s distinction as the starting line for the Boston Marathon, held in April each year. Even though the marathon course does not pass all that close to the […]
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US-11678 Mill Brook Bogs WMA

You can’t go too far down the road in New England before running into a cranberry bog. Cranberries love the cool weather and grow on ground that might not support other crops, plus they are an easy crop to harvest. The first bogs in New England were planted on Cape Cod in the early 1800s. […]
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US-8385 Farnham-Connolly SP

At just six acres, this might qualify as the smallest POTA reference I’ve activated. I had great expectations going in – this is a small park on the site of the former Canton Airport, and on a satellite view you can still make out the outlines of the primary runways in their typical WWII-era triangular […]
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US-6979 Arcadia Management Area

You don’t so much summit Mt. Tom as notice that you’ve been walking on flat ground for a while. It tops out at just 400-something feet, and the views are somewhat obscured by high brush and knots of scrubby pine and birch. This is definitely one of those attractions where the journey is more enjoyable […]
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US-11573 West Hill Dam WMA

I’m slowly learning that Apple Maps does not really show you the way to POTA happiness. On some cases it can barely show you the way to the parking lot. The picture above is what you’ll be looking at when Apple Maps announces that you’ve “Arrived!” at West Hill Dam in her chipper little voice. […]
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US-8402 Blue Hills SP

When you ask people in Boston about the Blue Hills, many will tell you that they were built up during the expansion of the young city as the harbor was dredged. One has visions of long trains of horse-drawn carts pulling tons of dirt and sludge up the hillside to clear the way for trader […]
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US-2880 Snake Den SP

Snake Den, named for a sinuous natural rock feature, is one of Rhode Island’s most interesting trails for folks who are interested in geology. Especially in the northern part of the park you’ll find very large (50 to 60 feet) outcroppings of predominately schists with inclusions of quartz, typically milky quartz, and other minerals. You’ll […]
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US-11633 Hockomock Swamp WMA

I seem to be spending a lot of time in swamps lately. It’s actually not a bad time here in New England to be thinking about swamps – the summer and fall of 2024 were very dry here, and many areas that would normally be impassable are now hike-able. US-11501 Chockalog Swamp is a perfect […]
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US-2424 Callahan State Park

Autumn 2024 has been a great time to explore new POTA sites. The weather has been unseasonably mild, with temperatures reaching into the high 60s many days, and plenty of sunshine. Even better for POTA, most of the parks are closed for the season, which means that you pretty much have the place to yourself. […]
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