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With clearly marked trails, the area, which is popular with hikers, mountain bikers, horseback riders, and birdwatchers, includes picnic areas and views of Mt. Wachusett.
Trails: The reservation's 17 miles (27 km) of hiking and walking trails include a section of the Midstate Trail. Skiing: The privately operated Wachusett Mountain Ski Area occupies a 450-acre (180 ha) lease parcel on the northern slopes of the mountain. Habitat at the Reservation
Mount Wachusett and flat environs. Mount Wachusett is a (formerly) glaciated monadnock: a single mountain on a relatively flat landscape.Glacial activity that shaped the mountain can be seen at Balance Rock on the northeast side of the mountain: two large boulders were stacked one on top of each other by moving glaciers thousands of years ago.
A summit hotel on Mount Wachusett, which operated in the 19th and early 20th centuries (eventually succumbing to fire and dynamic changes in tourism), encouraged trail building on the mountain well before the Midstate Trail was created. The Midstate Trail incorporated some of these footways into its route. [4]
Philip Carcia began hiking around the age of 16. He fell in love with the activity and has since become dedicated to long distance hiking. Worcester native annually hikes Mount Wachusett for 24 hours.
Telegram & Gazette skiing columnist Shaun Sutner shares five favorite skiing locations a reasonable drive from Worcester.
The summit of Nobscot Hill commands a 360-degree view including Boston, MetroWest, the Blue Hills, Lower Kearsarge, Mount Monadnock, Mount Wachusett, Mount Agamenticus, and all of the unremarkable bumps to the SouthWest. Currently, the foliage obscures much of the view from the summit, unless one climbs the fire tower when it is open, but other ...
Mount Greylock is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet (1,064 m) in elevation. As such, no mountains in Massachusetts are recognized by the Appalachian Mountain Club in its list of Four-thousand footers — a list of New England peaks over 4,000 feet with a minimum 200 feet of topographic prominence .