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Wendell State Forest

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Coordinates: 42°32′53″N72°26′52″W / 42.5480075°N 72.4478979°W / 42.5480075; -72.4478979

Wendell State Forest is a Massachusettsstate forest located in the town of Wendell. The 7,566-acre (3,062 ha) parcel occupies a forested and hilly upland plateau south of the Millers River and west of the Quabbin Reservoir. Park roads were developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.[3]

Activities and amenities

  • Ponds: The day-use area at 10-acre (4.0 ha) Ruggles Pond offers swimming, fishing and a picnic area. The southern end of Ruggles Pond has beaver activities, while the northern end has human activities. Wickett Pond has a boat ramp at its northern end.
  • Trails: Trails are used for walking, hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing. Backcountry camping is available at a lean-to along the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail.
  • The forest is also used for hunting (in season) and forest product extraction.
Adirondack type lean-to along the M & M Trail just north of Ruggles Pond

Hidden Valley Memorial Forest

Hidden Valley Memorial Forest is a 67-acre (27 ha) "in-holding' within Wendell State Forest owned by the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust. It was donated in 1996 to the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust by the Mrs. Mabel Cronquist, widow of noted botanist, author and curator of the New York Botanical Garden Dr. Arthur Cronquist, in his memory. Hidden Valley was the research camp and vacation home of Dr. Cronquist and his family.[4][5][6]

Hidden Valley Memorial Forest Plaque in Wendell State Forest

"... there is a plaque on a large boulder on the trail leading to the property which honors Mr. Cronquist. All that remains now of the homestead that was lived in by three generations of the Hunter family is a large, fairly intact cellar hole in the middle of the woods." [7]

Lynne's Falls, located within the Hidden Valley Memorial Forest parcel, is named after Cronquist's daughter. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ruggles Pond" . Sistema de Información de Nombres Geográficos . Servicio Geológico de los Estados Unidos , Departamento del Interior de los Estados Unidos .
  2. ↑ "Listado de superficies de 2012" . Departamento de Conservación y Recreación. Abril de 2012. Consultado el 6 de junio de 2025 .
  3. ↑ "Bosque Estatal Wendell" . Departamento de Conservación y Recreación. 6 de julio de 2017. Consultado el 6 de junio de 2025 .
  4. ↑ "Bosque Conmemorativo del Valle Escondido" . Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust . Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust . Consultado el 7 de noviembre de 2021 .
  5. ↑ "Bosque Conmemorativo del Valle Escondido" . Coalición Comunitaria de North Quabbin Woods . Coalición Comunitaria de North Quabbin Woods . Consultado el 7 de noviembre de 2021 .
  6. ↑ "Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust" . UMASS Amherst . UMASS Amherst . Consultado el 7 de noviembre de 2021 .
  7. ↑ Richardson, Pamela; Sawin, Thomas (2015). Wendell, Massachusetts: Sus colonos y ciudadanía, 1752-1900 . Estados Unidos: Levellers Press. pág. 127. ISBN  9781937146795.
  8. ↑ "Campo y notas al pie: Dos pájaros en el bosque" . Campo y notas al pie . Wordpress . Consultado el 7 de noviembre de 2021 .
  • Departamento de Conservación y Recreación del Bosque Estatal de Wendell
  • Mapa de senderos del Bosque Estatal Wendell Departamento de Conservación y Recreación