Gateway to Brushy Mountain Traditional Cache
Gateway to Brushy Mountain
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A 0.9 mile hike on a wide hardpacked gravel road. Suitable for youngsters and elders. Park across from 325 Montague Rd Shutesbury MA, at N42.28.270 W72.26.034, W/O blocking trail.
Rt fork at N42.28.238 W72.26.342; follow main trail to cache area.
Cache is an easy hike .9 miles in from parking, in Shutesbury. Park across from 325 Montague Rd Shutesbury, in the left side of entrance, so you don't block the trail. Pls respect this private land, which is open to hiking, biking, XC Skiing & snowmobiling. Please carry out what you carry in, and any trash you see which was dropped by others.
Humorous trinkets in cache are unused 1994 Shutesbury dog tags. This does not mean the cache is endorsed by the town. Please don't abuse them.
The cache name refers to the optional hike of 1.1 miles past the cache, which brings you to the "peak" of Brushy Mountain in Leverett. The optional leg is more rugged, and a higher difficulty & terrain rating.
The "peak" is on maps as N42.28.493 W72.27.390, but is a brushy, swampy dell, south of the trail you would walk to reach it.
Waypoints beyond cache are as follows: Right trail fork at N42.28.302 W72.27.182; N42.28.468 W72.27.353; left fork at N42.28.470 W72.28.015; left fork at N42.28.444 W72.28.197. Peak proximity markers are along trail near N42.28.434 W72.28.224.
You can then backtrack to parking, or complete a loop by continuing on to (discontinued) Number Six Rd at N42.27.893 W72.28.327; turn left to return trail entrance at N42.2.849 W72.27.572; waypoints from there are N42.28.025 W72.27.531; N.27.965 W.390; N.977 W.315; N.28.083 W.281; N.171 W.128; N.337 W.26.943.
At that point, turn rt on original trail to 1st junction of the trip at N42.28.238 W72.26.342, bear left to parking area.
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