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Saugus, Massachusetts
Breakheart Reservation
Two lakes inside a big forest, with rocky hills above them you can climb for views that reach Boston one way and New Hampshire the other.
Researched from this park's own sources. Nobody's walked it yet.
Read this bit out
Stand on one of the high points here on a clear day and you can see three different places at once: Boston off to the south, New Hampshire away to the north, and the middle of Massachusetts to the west. You are not on a mountain. You are in a wood about ten miles from the middle of a city, standing on a lump of rock that happens to be tall enough.
One of your three free places, or the Explorer Pass. What that costs
Before you go
- Time there
- Plan on about 2 hours at the park.
- Parking
- Free, with free parking at 177 Forest Street in Saugus. There is a second entrance at 100 Hemlock Road in Wakefield, closer to Pearce Lake Beach. Sunrise to sunset.
- Underfoot
- A large trail system through forest, with climbs to rocky vistas. Supervised swimming at Pearce Lake in summer.
22 challenges written for this place
A game deals seven to fifteen of them, so no two visits are alike.
Every game includes this one
Get To A Lake
There are two lakes in this forest. Find one and get to the edge of it.
A few of the others
Climb To A View
Climb up to one of the rocky vistas and look out.
At The Water
One photo of everybody at the edge of the lake.
From The Top
One photo taken from a vista, with as much distance behind you as you can get.
Their Turn
Hand the phone to the youngest. They take one picture of whatever they want.
Three Places At Once
From the high ground you can see Boston, New Hampshire and central Massachusetts. Work out which direction each one is.
Why Two Lakes?
There are two lakes in here. Work out whether they are joined.
The rest are a surprise — that's the whole point.
Play this at Breakheart Reservation
Free. Works with no signal once you're there.