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Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest
Over a thousand acres of woods at the top of a mill city, with six miles of trails and enough ponds, swamps and wetlands to lose an afternoon in.
Researched from this park's own sources. Nobody's walked it yet.
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A mile or two from here is a city that was built to make cloth, with canals cut through it and mills five storeys high. And then there is this — a thousand acres of trees, right on top of it. Both have been here the whole time. You can walk from one into the other.
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 the gate on Trotting Park Road. Sunrise to sunset. Dogs are allowed.
- Underfoot
- Six miles of trails through mostly woods, with ponds, swamps and wetlands along them. The forest runs on into Dracut and Tyngsborough.
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
Properly In The Woods
Walk in far enough that you cannot see the car, the gate, or any building.
A few of the others
Find The Water
There are ponds, swamps and wetlands in here. Find one of them.
Under The Trees
One photo of everybody looking straight up at the trees.
The Biggest Tree
Find the widest tree you can and photograph everybody trying to reach around it.
Their Turn
Hand the phone to the youngest. They take one picture of whatever they want.
Three Towns
This forest runs through three different towns. Work out how you would know if you crossed a line.
A Thousand Acres
Over a thousand acres in here. Work out how many football fields that might be.
The rest are a surprise — that's the whole point.
Play this at Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest
Free. Works with no signal once you're there.