I have such mixed feelings about Beartown State Forest, located near Lee, Massachusetts, in the southwest corner of the state. I’ve been there twice now, once on a chilly March
Man, did Mt. Pisgah WMA get hosed by the copy writer over at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. Here’s their official description of the property: This property is comprised
I feel bad for Sutton State Forest. Don’t get me wrong, it is a beautiful site, and it’s big, too, coming in at around 1,500 acres. There are several lovely
At 2,602 feet, Mt. Everett is the second-tallest mountain in Massachusetts, behind 3,489-foot Mt. Greylock. To be fair, the two are part of different geologic formations, with Greylock astride the
Beaver Brook is really three separate parks, all under one name and POTA reference number. Most conspicuously, just off Trapelo Road in Belmont is a playground and spray deck—not the
Activating the last park of Massachusetts started more as an informative Discord session of, “What if?” than an actual plan. In the 1-Derland Discord, where a lot of Ham Radio
There was supposed to be parking for three cars along the southwest corner of Hyannis Pond WMA in Barnstable, Massachusetts. What I found instead were several large pieces of construction
The area is every bit as bleak as the photos indicate. There was quite a bit of trash back here, old mattress springs and car parts, and plastic barrels
I’m not a mountain-biker, but boy, do I love those guys. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, and for state parks and forests in my area there are often
Wa! Wa! WaaaaaCHUsett! If you lived in New England in the 1990s you knew the jingle of central Massachusetts’ biggest ski area by heart. It was heavily advertised during the