502. MA NET - Shutesbury: Turtle on the Trail

This turtle used to hide out on an old section of trail near Atkins Reservoir, but has been transplanted as of October 2016 by Trailhead Tessie to get it back on track with the present NET route. New directions are as follows:

Quabbin “Off-Reservation land”. (Sorry, no dogs.) Park at Quabbin Gate PL8, located on the west side of MA 202, about 1.3 miles north of the intersection with Amherst Road in Pelham. If you get to the town sign for Shutesbury, you just missed it. Walk around the gate to follow the white blazes northbound, gradually heading downhill for about 20 minutes until you reach a bridge crafted by Troop 180. Cross over the babbling brook, immediately turn left off the trail for 11 steps, then investigate a ledgetop with a tall dead hemlock nearly fused with a black birch.

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