Built To Roam: Granville State Forest

Last weekend I decided to go for a hike at Granville State Forest in Graville, MA. I've been there a few times before to hike and once to camp which ended pretty abruptly when me and my friends where asked to leave because apparently you can't drink in a State Park..and I thought this was America. But anyways all bad memories aside it's a pretty decent place to go hiking and they have many well marked trails (you can view a map here). Nicole and I picked a route and set out around 11 am on the Ordway trail. While it's a great place to hike, there isn't much in the way of views or outstanding scenery, it's best for a longer easy hike through a remote feeling forest. Remote because as far as Granville goes, there isn't to much shit going on besides one general store and a road that will take you to New Boston, which is nothing like Regular Boston. After a long walk we came to Hartland road and followed that to what we thought was Searless Road trail, which may or may not have even been close to what we actually took. After a few more miles we ended up next to a Hills Have Eyes movie scene of an old school Winnebago that literally was abandoned with everything in to. Very cool stuff like old magazines and cassette tapes, and about 1,000 lbs of assorted animal feces. After working up the nerve with a little help from Nicole, cause I'm a baby, we explored the winnebago for a bit along with the adjacent ghetto tire swing, then head back on the trail which dumped us out on some random unplanned road. Fortunately, the random road led us back to my car and we finished up a bit after 2pm with a total hike of about six miles. I've come to realize that taking the wrong trail always leads to something more exciting than taking the right trail ever would have. All and all it was a great hike and I will once again return to Granville State Forest in the future for more hiking.

Mileage: 6 Miles