Fun Things to Do
East Quabbin Land Trust

PO Box 5
120 Ridge Road
Hardwick, MA 01037

Phone
(413) 477-8229

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Saturday, April 19: Geocache Scavenger Hunt

A family-friendly event for intrepid explorers at EQLT preserves. 120 Ridge Road, PO Box 5, Hardwick, MA, 01037

1) Registration: Participate as an individual or as a team, it’s up to you! Each registration is $20. Discounted registration for youth under 15 years old. Email Cynthia at chenshaw@EQLT.org for more information. Decide which difficulty level (Hiker or Trekker) is right for you and your team. Then register.

2) The Hunt: The scavenger hunt opens at 9am on Saturday, April 19th and closes at 2pm on Sunday, May 4th.

  • Each participant (or team) will be emailed five sets of GPS coordinates when the hunt opens on April 19th.
  • These coordinates will be used to find hidden “geocache” boxes at EQLT preserves
  • Geocache boxes for the Hiker series are about 2″ x 3″ x 2″ waterproof, snap-lid sealing plastic boxes. The boxes are camouflaged – painted to blend into the background.
  • Geocaches for the Trekker series are micros. The metal tags are hidden at the cache location. Find the tags and make note of the coordinate information etched onto the metal tag.
  • For Hikker series, take one sealed envelope from each box, which contains a scrabble tile – don’t open this envelope to look at your tile! Bring your sealed envelopes to the Scrabble Tile Reveal Party to play with the other geocachers!
  • Be sure to re-hide the boxes (caches) exactly where you for them for the next folks to find.
  • For Trekker series, make note of the portion of GPS coordinates on the micro-tag. Once you find all six geocaches, organize the numbers to the correct GPS coordinate. Go to find the final geocache which will be a larger box and take five sealed envelopes. Bring those sealed envelopes to the Scrabble Tile Reveal Party to play with the other geocachers! 

Tuesday, April 22: Celebrate Earth Day with EQLT                                Click poster above

from 3pm-5pm at 120 Ridge Road, Hardwick, MA                                                                            right to enlarge

RSVP to atrevvett@eqlt.org  before April 18th.

All Preserves

  1. Deer Park Preserve & Coxhall Kitchen Garden, Hardwick
  2. Frohloff Farm & Accessible Rail Trail, Ware
  3. Henry’s Grove, Hubbardston
  4. Hyde Woodland Preserve, Ware
  5. Mandell Hill, Hardwick
  6. Mass Central Rail Trail, New Braintree
  7. Moose Brook Preserve, Hardwick
  8. Patrill Hollow Preserve, Hardwick
  9. Petersham Country Store, Petersham
  10. Prince River Preserve, Barre
  11. Pynchon’s Grist Mill Preserve, West Brookfield
  12. River’s Edge Trail, Hardwick
  13. Seven Acre Preserve, Petersham
  14. Wendemuth Meadow Preserve, North Brookfield
  15. Eva’s Woods, Oakham

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