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US-2458 J.A. Skinner SP

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 […]

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US-8424 Quincy Quarries SR

I was completely unprepared for what was around the corner...

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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