AMC SEM Post-Hike Trip Report
TRIP DATE: 03-02-2017
TRIP LOCATION: BURRAGE POND WILD LIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
HANSON/HALIFAX, MA
MEETING TIME: 10:00 AM
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING LEADERS): 13
TOTAL HIKING TIME (IN HOURS): 3.5
LENGTH IN MILES: 6.1
TOTAL ELEVATION GAIN (IN FEET): N/A
DIFFICULTY: D (A=very strenuous; B=strenuous; C=average; D=easy)
LEADER NAME(S): RICHARD CARNES
CO-LEADER NAME(S): N/A
TRAILHEAD PARKING LOCATION & DESCRIPTION: 15 Hawks Ave. Hanson, Ma off of
Pleasant Street. Rough dirt road to trail head kiosk. Parking for 30 plus vehicles.
CAR SPOTTING REQUIRED?: NO TIME REQUIRED TO SPOT CARS: N/A
WAS TRIP WITHIN WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST? NO
BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SPECIFIC TRAILS HIKED AND TRAIL CONDITIONS
ENCOUNTERED:
Hiked trails in the Burrage Pond WMA which are primarily dry, flat, sandy bog roads around
abandoned cranberry bogs. Side trails through Holly, Cedar, Pine and Oak forests with many
smaller ponds.
WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR HIKE: Sunny with temps in the upper 40's, 40 - 45 MPH
winds. Return hike to cars was extremely harsh due to strong head wind. (This is typically an
open windy area)
OTHER COMMENTS (problems, views, terrain, etc.) Lunch stop in sheltered area near Burrage
Pond. Many large Holly trees in bloom with red berries glowing in the mid-day winter sun.
Many migratory water fowl spotted in surrounding ponds. This was a large group of well
behaved adults enjoying a fine winter hike. Three hikers exited the group early and safely via
dirt roads to parking area due to extremely windy conditions.
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