505. MA NET - Erving: Deer in the Hills

Approached from the "backside", Northfield Mountain in Erving definitely feels more like a gently rolling hill where deer reside. To access that side of the trail from Wendell, take Depot Rd. past the railroad crossing, go west on route 2 through Erving, and then north on Mountain Rd. to a fairly large parking lot on the left with a sign for Valley View and Hermit's Cave. Follow the white blazes through hill and dale for a scant ten minutes or so, passing a cairn built upon a stump with a large diagonally-braced hemlock crossing above. Shortly thereafter spot to right of trail a large hemlock with a white arrow pointing left. On the right side of this tree lies a thin flat rock with a fallen antlered hemlock lying behind. Step down towards the antlered hemlock, then turn back to face the trail, and find a deer tucked behind branches in the crevice below the flat rock close to the standing white arrowed hemlock.

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