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Date of Hike |
Maintenance Notes |
Name |
Details |
Wildcat Hill (Ashland)
via Bay Circuit Trail, Green Trail | 5-18-2025 | The BCT is marked with small circles tacked to trees, telephone poles, et... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-23 | View Report |
Nobscot Hill
via Bay Circuit Trail, spur trail, Edmands Road | 5-17-2025 | Oh how familiar those BCT markers were!!! :P The BCT is also sometimes m... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-23 | View Report |
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
via Dike Trail | 5-17-2025 | I think that trail jcts were signed but trails were not marked. Not hard... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-23 | View Report |
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
via Harry's Way, Kingfisher Trail, Taylor Way, Winterberry Way,... | 5-11-2025 | The trails are not marked but are easy to follow and are signed at jcts a... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-23 | View Report |
Weir Hill (Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge)
via Weir Hill Trail, Maple Swamp Trail | 5-11-2025 | Much to my surprise, there were actually a number of large blowdowns on t... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-20 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Mountain House Trail, Bicentennial Trail, High Meadow Trail,... | 5-19-2025 | One widow-maker on Lower Link, a fallen trunk on Jack Frost. Both easy to a... | Kevin
2025-05-19 | View Report |
Mt. Grace, Little Mt. Grace
via Around the Mountain Trail, Summit Trail, New England Trail,... | 5-18-2025 | as you are heading from the col to the summit of Little Mount Grace there... | Big Will
2025-05-19 | View Report |
Walden Pond
via Pond Path | 5-11-2025 | The Bay Circuit Trail is marked with its usual markings but where the tra... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-16 | View Report |
Crow Hill Pond
via Wolf Rock Trail | 5-4-2025 | I don't recall the blazing of the trail but trail jcts are signed and it'... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-15 | View Report |
Crow Hill (Leominster State Forest)
via Emergency Access Road, Ledges Trail, On Belay Trail, Crow Hi... | 5-4-2025 | Ledges Trail is blazed in red and I believe frequently so. I do not recal... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-15 | View Report |
Wachusett Meadows
via South Meadow Trail, Beaver Bend Trail, Pasture Trail, Fern F... | 5-4-2025 | Rather than the individual trails being blazed in different colors, they... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-14 | View Report |
Berry Hill (Leominster State Forest)
via Rocky Pond Rd, Berry Hill Trail, Rocky Pond Trail, Fenton Rd... | 4-27-2025 | Rocky Pond Trail may have been blazed in white and Limbo Trail in red. I... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-13 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Midstate Trail | 4-27-2025 | The Midtate Trail is marked with yellow triangles tacked to trees and som... | Liam Cooney and Crocamole
2025-05-10 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Mountain House Trail, Harrington Trail, Lower Link Trail, Ja... | 5-7-2025 | None | Kevin
2025-05-08 | View Report |
Buck Hill, Moose Hill
via Midstate Trail | 5-4-2025 | The Midstate Trail is marked with yellow triangles tacked to trees and som... | Liam Cooney
2025-05-04 | View Report |
Wenepoykin Hill (Middlesex Fells Reservation)
via Cross Fells Trail | 4-26-2025 | Cross Fells Trail is marked pretty regularly and frequently in blue. Oth... | Liam Cooney
2025-04-29 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Balance Rock Trail, Old Indian Trail, Semuhenna Trail, Harri... | 4-27-2025 | One downed tree on Old Indian, but does not cover the whole trail. Can be e... | Kevin
2025-04-27 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Bolton Pond Trail, Mountain House Trail, Semuhenna Trail | 4-23-2025 | A couple downed trees across some of the trails, but all easy to step over.... | Kevin
2025-04-23 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Mountain House Trail, Jack Frost Trail, High Meadow Trail, B... | 4-16-2025 | One downed tree across Jack Frost trail near the junction with Mountain Hou... | Kevin
2025-04-16 | View Report |
Fisher Hill, Mt. Hunger, Crow Hills
via Midstate Trail | 4-13-2025 | The Midstate Trail is marked mainly with yellow triangles with hikers and... | Liam Cooney
2025-04-14 | View Report |
Mt. Grace
via Around the Mountain Trail, New England Trail | 4-13-2025 | Sizable blowdown at 0.8 on Around the Mountain Tr across a footbridge; cros... | TwinMom+1
2025-04-14 | View Report |
None
via Appalachian Trail, Kellogg Road, Route 7, Lime Kiln Road, Eg... | 4-5-2025 | The AT is blazed in white. I don't recall frequency but it wasn't difficu... | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2025-04-11 | View Report |
None
via Appalachian Trail | 4-5-2025 | I think that there was one large but easy enough stepover/straddler blowd... | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2025-04-11 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Harrington Trail, Dickens Trail, Stage Coach Trail, road wal... | 4-9-2025 | None | Kevin
2025-04-10 | View Report |
Jug End, Mt. Bushnell, Mt. Everett
via Appalachian Trail, Glen Brook Shelter Spur, The Hemlocks Lea... | 4-4-2025 | Race Brook Trail is blazed in blue while the AT is blazed in white. I th... | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2025-04-09 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Donbrowo Trail, Bicentennial Trail, Pine Hill Trail, Old Ind... | 4-2-2025 | A large downed tree blocking Donbrowo trail, but going around was not prob... | Kevin
2025-04-02 | View Report |
Boojum Rock, Pinnacle Rock, Black Rock, Melrose R...
via Cross Fells Trail, Rock Circuit Trail, Crystal Spring Trail... | 3-10-2025 | Rock Circuit Trail is blazed in white and Crystal Spring Trail in red. I... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-26 | View Report |
Burrill Hill, Mt. Gilead
via Great Woods Road, Burrill Hill Road, Dungeon Road, Mt. Gilea... | 3-21-2025 | I don't recall if the trails were blazed or not but I don't think they we... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-25 | View Report |
Ash Hill, Rocky Hill (Breakheart Reservation)
via Fox Run Trail, Pearce Lake Trail, Saugus River - Fox Link, S... | 3-20-2025 | Fox Run Trail is blazed in orange, Pearce Lake Trail in blue with occasio... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-24 | View Report |
Ravenswood Park
via Old Salem Road, Magnolia Swamp Trail, Fernwood Lake Trail, L... | 3-18-2025 | I'm not so sure Old Salem Rd is blazed but Magnolia Swamp Trail is blazed... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-24 | View Report |
Long Pond
via Long Pond Nature Trail | 3-11-2025 | I think the trails were marked with yellow. | Liam Cooney
2025-03-20 | View Report |
Middlesex Fells Reservation
via Reservoir Trail | 3-12-2025 | The trail is marked with orange and I think was marked pretty frequently;... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-20 | View Report |
Crystal Spring
via Crystal Spring Trail | 3-11-2025 | The trail is marked in red. I don't recall exactly but I think it was ma... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-19 | View Report |
Great Island
via Great Island Trail | 3-1-2025 | I don't recall if the trail was marked or not but I don't think it was.... | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2025-03-19 | View Report |
Ravenswood Park
via Old Salem Road, Route 127, Western Avenue | 2-28-2025 | I do not recall any blowdowns. I don't remember if there was blazing or... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-17 | View Report |
Dogtown
via Dogtown Road, Adam’s Pine Trail, Common Road, Babson Bould... | 2-28-2025 | Old Gravel Rd seems to be abandoned. Many old, faded, red blazes, but also... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-17 | View Report |
Rock Meadow Reservation Conservation Area
via Western Greenway, Hemlock Trail | 3-8-2025 | Well maintained, visible signs. Trail is also for bicycles, which sometimes... | Mafalda
2025-03-08 | View Report |
Alander Mountain
via Alander Mountain Trail, South Taconic Trail, Alander Loop Tr... | 2-24-2025 | Alander Mountain Trail and Ashley Hill Trail are both blazed in blue. So... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-07 | View Report |
Monument Mountain, Squaw Peak
via Indian Mountain Trail, Squaw Peak Trail, Hickey Trail | 2-23-2025 | I do not recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney
2025-03-07 | View Report |
Laura's Tower
via Laurel Hill Park Trails, Mary Flynn Trail, Laura's Tower Tra... | 2-23-2025 | I don't recall any blowdowns. There were trail signs at the jcts on the... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-07 | View Report |
High Rock, Pierce Hill, Bluff Overlook
via Warner Trail | 2-22-2025 | Warner Trail is usually marked with small disks tacked to trees. The gui... | Liam Cooney
2025-03-04 | View Report |
Mt. Tom
via T. Bagg Trail, New England Trail, Keystone Trail | 3-2-2025 | Well maintained. Signs OK | Mafalda
2025-03-02 | View Report |
Mt. Greylock
via Bellows Pipe Trail, Gould Trail | 3-1-2025 | 1 blowdown on the bottom of Bellows and a few blowdowns on Gould. All easi... | Sebastian Lombardi
2025-03-01 | View Report |
Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary
via Warner Trail | 2-22-2025 | The Warner Trail is usually marked with little disks tacked to trees and o... | Liam Cooney
2025-02-28 | View Report |
Mt. Watatic
via Wapack Trail | 2-23-2025 | Trail is in great shape | Nieuport's Hoomen
2025-02-23 | View Report |
Mt. Hitchcock
via Metacomet-Monadnock Trail | 2-22-2025 | Small blowdown, well maintained, good signage | Mafalda
2025-02-22 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Bolton Pond Trail, Semuhenna Trail, Old Indian Trail | 2-21-2025 | None, trails in good shape | Kevin
2025-02-21 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Bicentennial Trail, Loop Trail, Mountain House Trail | 2-17-2025 | None | DonRomano
2025-02-17 | View Report |
Mt. Tom
via New England Trail | 2-12-2025 | Nothing to note | Matt
2025-02-12 | View Report |
Nickerson State Park
via Cliff Pond Trail | 2-8-2025 | The guidebook says that it is marked with occasional blue blazes but othe... | Liam Cooney
2025-02-09 | View Report |
Stony Brook Valley
via Road walk, John Wing Trail, Wing Island Trail | 2-8-2025 | Parts of the "boardwalk" (which are really just planks) have water over t... | Liam Cooney
2025-02-09 | View Report |
Sandy Neck Barrier Beach
via Marsh Trail, Trail 5, Trail 4, Trail 2, Trail 1 | 2-8-2025 | The guidebook says that mileage is posted at all intersections but I didn... | Liam Cooney
2025-02-09 | View Report |
None
via Red Trail, Yellow Trail, Blue Trail, Orange Trail | 2-2-2025 | I think there was one stepover blowdown with a path around it, maybe more. | Liam Cooney
2025-02-09 | View Report |
None
via Huckleberry Loop, Old Pasture Loop, Heron Point Loop | 2-2-2025 | I think there was one mid-sized leaner on Old Pasture Loop and and a mid-s... | Liam Cooney
2025-02-07 | View Report |
East Head Pond
via East Head Loop, Connector Trail, Bentley Loop | 2-2-2025 | Both trails are marked with blue markers semi-frequently and are well mai... | Liam Cooney
2025-02-06 | View Report |
Crooked Pond
via Crooked Pond Trail | 1-31-2025 | Well the trail seems to be abandoned in parts so that’s the biggest thin... | Liam Cooney
2025-02-05 | View Report |
Deer Jump Reservation
via Various trails | 1-31-2025 | I don’t specifically recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney
2025-02-05 | View Report |
Holt Hill (Andover)
via Yellow Trail, Blue Trail, Red Trail, Sanborn Trail, Bog Tra... | 1-31-2025 | Trails/loops are blazed in their respective colors and semi-frequently. Ju... | Liam Cooney
2025-02-05 | View Report |
None
via Old Ferry Road, Merrimack River Trail, Castle Hill Trail, M... | 1-19-2025 | Trail work needs to be done west of Flowering Pond. Trail is blocked off... | Liam Cooney
2025-02-04 | View Report |
None
via Hellcat Interpretive Trail | 1-19-2025 | The boardwalk was in good shape. No blowdowns that I recall and at least... | Liam Cooney
2025-02-04 | View Report |
Wachusett Mountain
via Bolton Pond Trail, Semuhenna Trail, Old Indian Trail | 2-2-2025 | None | Kevin
2025-02-02 | View Report |
Crane Beach
via Green Trail, Orange Trail, Red Trail, Blue Trail, Yellow Tra... | 1-19-2025 | The trails are marked in their respective colors and there are trail maps... | Liam Cooney
2025-01-22 | View Report |
Bradley Palmer State Park
via Discover Hamilton Trail | 1-18-2025 | I'm not sure if this section of the DHT was also marked with the rectangu... | Liam Cooney
2025-01-22 | View Report |
Pigeon Hill (Appleton Farms)
via Patton Park Connecting Path, Discover Hamilton Trail, Grass... | 1-18-2025 | Discover Hamilton Trail is marked with small rectangles with the trails n... | Liam Cooney
2025-01-22 | View Report |
Willowdale State Forest
via Pine Swamp Circuit | 1-18-2025 | The western part of the trail coincides with the BCT and is marked with t... | Liam Cooney
2025-01-21 | View Report |
Harold Parker State Forest
via Stearns Pond Loop | 1-13-2025 | I do not recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney
2025-01-16 | View Report |
Harold Parker State Forest
via Sudden Pond Loop | 1-7-2025 | I do not recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2025-01-15 | View Report |
Harold Parker State Forest
via Yellow Diamond Trail | 1-7-2025 | I don't specifically recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2025-01-14 | View Report |
Harold Parker State Forest
via Friends Trail | 1-7-2025 | I don't recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2025-01-14 | View Report |
None
via Bay Circuit Trail, road walk | 12-27-2024 | I don't specifically recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney
2025-01-03 | View Report |
None
via Bay Circuit Trail | 12-26-2024 | I don't recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney
2025-01-02 | View Report |
Trap Falls
via Road walk, Brook Trail, unknown trails, Friend's Trail | 12-26-2024 | There were at least a couple of blowdowns, mostly or all on Brook Trail I b... | Liam Cooney
2025-01-02 | View Report |
Heald Pond
via Jeff Smith Trail, Gold Trail, cart path, Red Trail, Heald St... | 12-26-2024 | I believe there were a handful of mostly minor blowdowns. Trails are blaze... | Liam Cooney
2024-12-28 | View Report |
Walden Pond
via Bay Circuit Trail | 12-23-2024 | I do not specifically recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney and Crocamole
2024-12-25 | View Report |
Fawn Lake
via Bay Circuit Trail, unnamed trails | 12-19-2024 | Usual circular BCT markers, then the more intermittent white rectangular... | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2024-12-25 | View Report |
Holt Hill, Boston Hill, Shrub Hill
via Yellow Trail, Graham Trail, Old Prospect Road, Old Chestnut... | 12-13-2024 | Most of these trails are signed very well but blazing could be improved. | KenM
2024-12-13 | View Report |
Weir Hill
via Stevens Trail, Alewife Trail, Cochichewick Trail, Edgewood F... | 11-10-2024 | These trails are blazed in yellow and easy to follow. I do not recall an... | Liam Cooney
2024-12-07 | View Report |
None
via Bay Circuit Trail, road walk | 11-10-2024 | I do not recall much in the way of blowdowns. | Liam Cooney
2024-12-03 | View Report |
Peaked Mountain (Monson)
via Various trails | 11-13-2024 | excellent | mike the psych
2024-11-14 | View Report |
None
via Zack's Way | 11-3-2024 | I do not recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney
2024-11-11 | View Report |
Massaemett Mountain
via Fire Tower Trail, Big Trees Trail | 11-11-2024 | No blowdowns. Trails are well marked. | rocket21
2024-11-11 | View Report |
Appleton Farms
via Route 1A, Bay Circuit Trail, unknown roads, Highland Street,... | 10-27-2024 | The usual BCT markers. I believe they were present even when the BCT coi... | Liam Cooney
2024-11-07 | View Report |
None
via Bay Circuit Trail | 10-27-2024 | I do not recall any major blowdowns/obstructions. | Liam Cooney
2024-11-07 | View Report |
None
via Baker's Meadow Reservation Trail, spur path, Reservation Roa... | 10-27-2024 | I do not recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney
2024-11-06 | View Report |
None
via Reservation Trail, Claus Dengler Trail, Vale Trail | 10-20-2024 | I don't recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney
2024-11-03 | View Report |
Spring Hill Conservation Land
via Spring Hill Loop, Bay Circuit Trail, Strawberry Hill Road, P... | 10-20-2024 | As the guidebook says, the connecting trail to the loop from the end of S... | Liam Cooney
2024-10-22 | View Report |
Robbins Mill Pond
via Robbins Mill Pond Connector, Bay Circuit Trail | 10-20-2024 | I do not recall anything in the way of blowdowns. | Liam Cooney
2024-10-22 | View Report |
None
via Rocky Hill Road | 9-23-2024 | I don't recall any blowdows. | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2024-10-06 | View Report |
None
via Cochran Sanctuary Circuit | 9-23-2024 | I don't recall any blowdowns. | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2024-10-06 | View Report |
Prospect Hill
via Bay Circuit Trail, connecting trail | 9-22-2024 | There were probably blowdowns/widowmakers but I think all or mostly small/i... | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2024-10-06 | View Report |
Moon Hill (Topsfield)
via Bay Circuit Trail | 10-6-2024 | I don't recall any blowdowns. Trailsare well taken care of. Not blazed... | Liam Cooney
2024-10-06 | View Report |
The Cobbles, North Mountain
via Appalachian Trail | 9-17-2024 | Trails clear and well blazed | Nordic_Gal
2024-09-18 | View Report |
Mt. Williams, Mt. Greylock, Saddle Ball Mountain
via Appalachian Trail | 9-16-2024 | Trail was clear and well blazed. | Nordic_Gal
2024-09-18 | View Report |
Ayer Conservation Land
via Oak Ridge Loop Trail, Pine Meadow Pond Trail, Habitat Loop T... | 9-6-2024 | Oak Ridge Loop Trail is blazed in white. Where it coincides with Science... | Liam Cooney and Lil Young
2024-09-14 | View Report |
Pocumtuck Rock
via Pocumtuck Ridge Trail, unnamed trails, Rices Ferry Road | 8-17-2024 | no actual trail signs which was fine - used phone app | Becca Munroe
2024-08-18 | View Report |
South Sugarloaf Mountain, North Sugarloaf Mountain
via Mt. Sugarloaf Trail, Pocumtuck Ridge Trail, unnamed trails | 8-16-2024 | awkward tree down over extremely steep section of trail up to North Sugarlo... | Becca Munroe
2024-08-18 | View Report |
Skug River Reservation
via Unnamed trails | 8-14-2024 | No issues - lots of HUGE hardwood deadfall had been cut out of many of the... | Becca Munroe
2024-08-14 | View Report |
Sunset Rock Reservation
via Unnamed trails | 8-14-2024 | Very unclear where the right turn is off the stealthily unmarked "right-... | Becca Munroe
2024-08-14 | View Report |
Amy Gordon Taft Reservation (Andover)
via Unnamed trails | 8-13-2024 | no issues | Becca Munroe
2024-08-13 | View Report |
Turtle Mound, Follansbee Rockery
via Herd paths | 8-13-2024 | no issues | Becca Munroe
2024-08-13 | View Report |
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