Site Review
US-11501 Chockalog Swamp WMA
Chockalog Swamp is, in fact, a swamp, and for quite a while was unactivated. It’s a classic case of driving out to see what it looked like.
Perry W1GRD
March 1, 2025
Chockalog Swamp is, in fact, a swamp, and for quite a while was unactivated. It’s a classic case of driving out to see what it looked like.
I’ve hiked Gilbert Hills for many years, long before I became active with POTA. One reason is that it’s close to my QTH, and Gilbert Hills and nearby US-8383 Wrentham
I’d overnighted in South Hadley, Massachusetts after spending the previous day, the 31st of October, hiking and activating US-5636 Mt. Greylock. I mention the specific day because in Massachusetts the
I was on a POTA rove and the weather just wasn’t cooperating. I’d headed south from my QTH near Providence, Rhode Island on a trip to visit friends in North
I don’t typically hunt for popular parks to activate. You’ll notice that the POTA Map color-codes references in a way that highlights parks that have been activated five or few
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
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
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
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