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US-11486 Sunderland Islands WMA

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 […]

Rainbow Beach WMA

Please note that Google Maps will bring you to the wrong side of the river if you search for Rainbow Beach. Instead, point the GPS at the Northampton airport, that […]

US-11635 Hyannis Pond WMA

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 that I had no intention of looking into. Clothing, toys, just a mess. Even the trees look angry here.

US-2416 Ames Nowell SP

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 […]

US-4368 Wachusett Mountain Reservation State Park

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 season and if you didn't know quite exactly where it was situated, you knew the name.