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Concord, Massachusetts
Great Meadows Refuge — Concord Unit
Two big impoundments with a dike path along the wall between them, an observation tower a few steps in from the road, and one of the best inland birding spots in the state. No dogs at all — it is a wildlife refuge.
Researched from this park's own sources. Nobody's walked it yet.
Read this bit out
These two big ponds were not always here. People built walls to hold the water in on purpose, to make somewhere for birds to stop and rest on their way past. More than two hundred different kinds have turned up. The path we are walking on is the wall.
One of your three free places, or the Explorer Pass. What that costs
Before you go
- Time there
- Plan on about an hour and a half at the park.
- Parking
- The refuge entrance is off Monsen Road, about a mile out of Concord centre on Route 62. There is an entrance fee at the Concord unit. Sunrise to sunset, year round.
- Underfoot
- Four trails making 2.7 miles, almost no elevation change. The observation tower is right by the parking lot and the Dike Trail runs between the two impoundments.
- Stroller
- A stroller works on some of it.
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
The Lookout Tower
Find the big lookout tower near the parking lot, and get as high up it as you can.
A few of the others
What Happened Here
Find something that looks like something happened, and make up the story.
Remember The Turns
Remember the next three turns we make, then say them back in order.
Halfway There
Pick something to walk to, then say when we're exactly halfway there.
Carried By Water
Find a piece of wood the water carried here from somewhere else.
Growing On Stone
Find something green or gray growing on stone, brick or wood.
Somebody Noticed You
Find an animal that looks right back at you.
The rest are a surprise — that's the whole point.
Play this at Great Meadows Refuge — Concord Unit
Free. Works with no signal once you're there.