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Parked just south of the bridge near the 65 on Quaker Drive. Walked 65 > 70, looped the green footpath. Couldn't find the 71. Found a 67 (not on the map) near where we'd expect the 68. Didn't find the 69 at a bridge over a lovely brook. Bridge was difficult to get to because of a blowdown...

Started at the Tully Lake picnic area parking, went counter clockwise. No parking available at the top of the dam due to the many, many cars parked for a frisbee golf tournament. One official said that there were 90 contestants. On the maps, the trail on the south and east sides of Tully Lake...

From the downhill Doanes Falls parking area, Tully Trail north to the bike path, loop via bike path on the west side of Long Pond. Many more wild flowers are blooming since Saturday. Well blazed and easily followable throughout. In the power line cut I saw several clumps of bleeding hearts...

Started at Tully Lake boat ramp, went clockwise. Vegematic's gps confirms this route is closer to the new (2011) published length of 22 miles, rather than the 18 shown on my older (2002) map. Easy to follow throughout. There are some new signs posted at some of the junctions. Mostly dry...

From the King Street bridge, a trail blazed in blue tape parallels the south bank of the Millers river. This is, presumably, the Q-M. It passes through what might be an old factory foundation, then is mainly a foot trail through open woods. It passes under a railroad trestle and continues in...

Map available from the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust. We found the northern end easily. The section marked Upper Loop is more likely ~3 miles than the ~2 marked on the map. While the Q-M is well blazed with spray painted yellow Q's, the side trail that closes the loop, marked red on the...

I am not shy to admit that I am thoroughly a country mouse. I love hearing coyotes sing at night and seeing moose tracks along my morning runs. I tease RnR about his urban east-of-495 heritage. As much as he was nervous about walking after dark to the tune of coyotes out here, I am nervous...

Tully Trail north from Doane Hill Road boat ramp for Tully Lake, except we turned east to walk up the ridge further south than where the Tully ascends by Spirit Falls. Turned south to finish on the bike trail from its northern intersection with the Tully. Herd paths are eliminating the...

Parked at Machias Pool. Admin Road > Jack Frost > Lower Link > Harrington > Semuhenna > Old Indian > Pine Hill > Bicentennial > High Meadow > Echo Lake Rd > Echo Lake trail. There are some spots of mud here and there. The messiest of them was at the base of High Meadow. All were easy to...

Clear and easy to follow. It's sad to see how many herd paths are forming along the ridge top. It's necessary to detour using the Mount Holyoke summit road and a short herd path around the south side of the Mount Holyoke Summit House. The M-M goes right by the house, around which is a fence...

In organizing our pictures, I found some from a walk in Brooks Woodland Preserve in Petersham MA from February. On this walk we encountered an odd and interesting ice formation. We've never seen anything like it and have no ideas how it could have been formed. It was concentric wavy-edged...

We've been working on redlining this Trustees of Reservations plot. We parked on East road, walked to intersection 51 then looped back over the hill on a mix of forest roads and trails. Trails were dry. We found a few blow downs, all were easy to get around. Most intersections are numbered...

We parked on South Royalston Road. The TH for Newton Reservoir has been expanded to include a good size parking area, enough for several cars. There is parking for several cars outside this area. We walked to Millers River along Old Stage Road to pick up Interconnect. We walked that to the...

I received the following question from a friend who knows I use a GPS. The research I did before buying mine isn't applicable for their needs. Any thoughts?

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/dfwhuntr.htm Scroll down to see the class descriptions. Where: Westminster MA When: Saturday August 18th, 8am to 5:30 pm Price: Free Description: "Map, Compass & Survival Courses involve one weekend day (10 hrs.) divided between classroom and field exercises...

I recently found a very poorly planned and executed project on a local hill. It involved clear cutting part of the hill side and building a viewing platform (right next to an older but still safe platform). It's a real mess - pointless cutting, brush piles left in place, lumber offcuts and...

Participants thus far are Amicus and myself, and maybe Rocksnrolls. The route is LT/AT from Arlington-West Wardsboro Road (aka Kelly Stand road) over Stratton Mountain to Stratton Pond. We'll be taking the Lye Brook Trail out. This is the chance to bag two goals: 1. Stratton is NEHH 2. Lye...

Anyone have any idea of the conditions that might be encountered this weekend in the area of the Metacomet Trail, south of Farmington?

Okay, so this sounds kinda gross, but here goes... While out walking Dugan 4-legs a couple of evenings ago, he predictably got upset at a fire pond that we pass. The fire pond is just off a paved local road on the way to our woods walk. Much to the local DPW's dismay, the beavers have once...

The usual suspects: Jade + Carmen, Lattinhill + Maya, Rocksnrolls, moi The route: LT/AT south from Danby-Landgrove Road over Baker Peak to Griffith Lake, maybe a bit further (shelter or Peru Peak), returning along the Old Job trail. Guidebook mileage: 13.7. Although there aren't any major...