Mt. Wachusett roads with Wilma
Where: Mt. Wachusett state reservation When: 3/22/2024 With: Wilma There was a recent post on one of the Views From The Top hiker forums about Mt. Wachusett , and I commented that my dog & I had walked most of the trails. That's true, but in addition to the trails, Wachusett has several unimproved (dirt) roads. I've crossed them often on the trails, and have wanted to follow them some day. Today was that day. Wilma & I made the quick drive to the trail head and began our walk on the Administration Road. We'd walked part of it on our last visit, entering from the Jack Frost trail and exiting on Echo Lake Road, but today we'd walk the entire road. It was a wide path with a rough surface of crushed rock, and Wilma had to content herself with sniffing piles of leaves along the edges. We passed the junction with the West Road (which we'd be returning on), then a crossing of the Harrington Trail before arriving at a paved road and a picnic area. My map showed the...