A Grinding Good Time Traditional Cache
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This cache will bring you to the Doane’s Falls area in Royalston.
This cache was released for “The Great Northern Tier Geocaching Tournament – North Quabbin Event” it is now available for any Geocachers who wishes to visit the cache after the event.
Property Description 46 acres | Established 1959
When the tranquil waters of Lawrence Brook reach Doane's Falls, they tumble in a sequence of dramatic waterfalls. Along the way, large boulders in the stream bed, small forested islands, and flat rock slabs divide the fast-rushing stream before it empties into Tully Lake.
On the southern bank of Lawrence Brook, just upstream from the falls, is Coddings Meadow, a little-known clearing in the wood that offers views of the quiet waters of Lawrence Brook and is an excellent launch site for exploring the brook by canoe or kayak. Further upstream, beaver dams dot the brook as it meanders through a wide red maple swamp.
The Reservation is named for Amos Doane who, in the early nineteenth century, owned land in the then-thriving manufacturing center of Royalston. He built a mill—an L-shaped structure, fifty feet long and more than four stories tall—above the falls for the manufacture of doors, sashes, and blinds. Though Doane's venture eventually failed, a series of previous mills—grist, saw, pail, and fulling—had successfully operated on the falls.
Trails
A half-mile trail leads down both sides of the stream. Moderate walking, strenuous in places. A three-quarter-mile woods road leads to the 14-acre Coddings Meadow along side of Lawrence Brook. Doane's Falls is a link in the Tully Trail.
Facilities
An emergency telephone is located at the reservation's main entrance next to the upper falls.
The Trustees of Reservations manages the Tully Lake Campground on Doane Hill Road just west of Doane's Falls. Camping is not permitted at Doane's Falls itself
How to Get There:
From the intersection of Routes 2A and 32 in Athol, cross Miller's River Bridge and bear right onto Chestnut Hill Avenue (becomes Athol Road) traveling north towards Royalston. Proceed 4 mi. Entrance is on the left immediately after stone bridge at intersection with Doane Hill Road. Parking for 3 cars, plus limited road-side parking permitted. To Coddings Meadow at Lawrence Brook, look to right for gated woods road off Athol Road just before stone bridge.
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