In a remote corner of New England, three state boundaries meet, commemorated by a four-foot granite pillar. It's one of those rare locations where you can walk along with one foot in one state and your other in another!

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 […]

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 […]

I stacked firewood most of the morning and decided to reward myself with an activation. I packed up the rig and a lunch and headed for Rhode Island and the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park (whew!). It was my 15th activation and my first outside of Massachusetts. This is the activation where I learned about […]

Sunday was a spectacular day in New England. We haven’t had a frost yet, so it isn’t Indian Summer (Indigenous Peoples Summer?), but a stretch of 70-80º F sunny days is so welcome this time of year. The Patriots had already lost badly to horrible Jaguars team in London in the morning, so the afternoon […]

Over the weekend I activated two wildlife management areas, one in Rhode Island and one in Massachusetts. I’d never really paid much attention to WMAs, but POTA has really brought them to the top of my list for both ham radio and general hiking. In both states the WMAs are built for access by hunters, […]

JL Curran is primarily a fishing site, with two ponds that are stocked by the RI environmental agency. It’s relatively small, around 300 acres including the ponds. There are two small parking areas on the east side of the park, take Hope Road to Laten Knight Road and look for the spots on the left, […]