Thursday, September 15, 2016

Another trip to Dubuque State Forest in Hawley, Massachusetts for trail monitoring and research.  Focus for this trip was the Gould Trail, from South Road to Gould Meadow at Hallockville Road, and the connecting routes off the main section of trail.  My monitor report records the following:
  • Gould Trail, or Gould Meadow Trail, from South Road (0.20-Miles west of intersection of South & Middle Roads) to Hallockville Road directly across from Moody Spring Road.  1.36-Miles.
  • Gould Horseshoe Loop, east and west, which completes a half-circle route intersecting the northern section of the Gould Trail, entering and exiting along Hallockville Road.  West Section is 0.52-Miles; East Section is 0.39-Miles.
  • The Gould Trail to Middle Road Connector, which begins 0.10-Miles north of the Gould Trail's southern trailhead off South Road and heads northeast.  0.40-Miles.
Total distance for the day was 5.60-Miles.

Abundant Stonewalls in area, and several cellar holes worth researching.

Bog off Hallockville Road.
 

Mushroom and Birch.

Cellar Hole.

Another Cellar Hole.