| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Stone Chamber, Nashoba Brook Conservation Area, Robbins Mill Conservation Land, MA |
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 | Trails: |
Bay Circuit Trail, Nashoba Brook Conservation Trails, Pond Loop, Robbins Mill Conservation Land Trails |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, August 15, 2016 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
room for maybe half a dozen cars at trailhead just off Davis Rd in Acton |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
most have really good bridges |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Well-marked and well-signed - lots of little maps showing you where you are. Excellent blazing, benches, bridges, etc. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
a lot of water in the area - some looked a little dank |
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 | Bugs: |
a little annoying when reading the kiosk information as most of the kiosks are near ponds and pools with a bit of water |
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 | Comments: |
Thanks to Amicus for the great recent report on this area!!!! Really fun place to explore: pencil factory footings, stone chamber (glad I brought a headlamp!!!!), mill relics, canal, cellar holes, native peoples' stone artifacts ("plantain stone piles"), etc!!!!
NOTE: I tried to find the "Roof Slab Quarry" shown on some maps and think I found but cannot be sure - the trail depicted on some maps did not seem to exist other than some flagging, so, I bushwhacked around the east side of the Robbins Mill Pond and found a mound of stones - not sure that was it - ?
Really neat area!!!! I read all the kiosks and then jogged up to the Robbins Mill Pond Conservation Area and back. By exploring maybe 1/4 of the area of these interconnected conservation areas, I logged more than 6 miles - lots of good trail running here. |
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 | Name: |
Becca Munroe |
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 | E-Mail: |
beccahiker@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-08-15 |
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 | Link: |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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