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US-4701 Douglas State Forest (MA)

Perry W1GRDJanuary 16, 2026

The first thing to know about Douglas State Forest is that the coordinates stored in POTA’s database will drop you in the middle of a road with no obvious sign […]

US-4702 F. Gilbert Hills State Forest (MA)

Perry W1GRDJanuary 13, 2026

F. Gilbert Hills State Forest (Foxboro MA) is full of interesting stone features that span its history. The CCC was active here in the 1930s, and you’ll see their handiwork […]

US-4712 Upton State Forest (MA)

Perry W1GRDJanuary 2, 2026

Upton State Forest, specifically Pratt Pond which nestles on its southern border, is the most significant geographical location in the entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is because Pratt Pond is […]

US-2451 Nickerson State Park (MA)

Perry W1GRDDecember 16, 2025

Most people head for Cape Cod at the start of summer for its incredible beaches. You get two different flavors — the Cape curls around like someone flexing their arm […]

US-4711 Beartown SF / W1/MB-013 Mt. Wilcox

Perry W1GRDOctober 6, 2025

I have such mixed feelings about Beartown State Forest, located near Lee, Massachusetts, in the southwest corner of the state. I’ve been there twice now, once on a chilly March […]

US-11552 Mt. Pisgah WMA (MA)

Perry W1GRDOctober 3, 2025

Man, did Mt. Pisgah WMA get hosed by the copy writer over at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. Here’s their official description of the property: This property is comprised […]

US-4708 Sutton State Forest

Perry W1GRDSeptember 25, 2025

I feel bad for Sutton State Forest. Don’t get me wrong, it is a beautiful site, and it’s big, too, coming in at around 1,500 acres. There are several lovely […]

US-8415 Mt. Everett State Reserve MA (W1/MB-002)

Perry W1GRDSeptember 21, 2025

At 2,602 feet, Mt. Everett is the second-tallest mountain in Massachusetts, behind 3,489-foot Mt. Greylock. To be fair, the two are part of different geologic formations, with Greylock astride the […]

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US-8400 Beaver Brook SP

Andy Piltser-CowanSeptember 16, 2025

Beaver Brook is really three separate parks, all under one name and POTA reference number. Most conspicuously, just off Trapelo Road in Belmont is a playground and spray deck—not the […]

US-11486 Sunderland Islands WMA

James WalkerAugust 8, 2025

Activating the last park of Massachusetts started more as an informative Discord session of, “What if?” than an actual plan. In the 1-Derland Discord, where a lot of Ham Radio […]

US-11635 Hyannis Pond WMA

Perry W1GRDJune 9, 2025

There was supposed to be parking for three cars along the southwest corner of Hyannis Pond WMA in Barnstable, Massachusetts. What I found instead were several large pieces of construction […]

US-11481 Rainbow Beach WMA

Perry W1GRDMay 28, 2025

The area is every bit as bleak as the photos indicate. There was quite a bit of trash back here, old mattress springs and car parts, and plastic barrels that I had no intention of looking into. Clothing, toys, just a mess. Even the trees look angry here.

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