Sunday, January 22, 2017

Doane's Falls - MA (Waterfall)

-Approx 122 Athol Road [Intersection of  Athol Road and Doane Hill Road], Royalston, Massachusetts
-visited April 2015
-Roadside
-easy
-no bathroom
-nearby: Spirit Falls, Royalston Falls
-notes:
     -very small dirt parking lot on roadside, free
     -majority of this hike is handicap accessible
     -disclaimer: falls are fenced off and signs are posted not to cross
             -falls are blocked or hard to see due to tree coverage or bad vantage points
     -only way to get good pictures is to cross fence and very carefully navigate down steep slick hills to base of falls. People have died here (mainly from swimming), but due to erosion and this fact they dont want people near the falls
     -Doanes Falls is a three part waterfall: upper, middle and lower
     -upper falls is very picturesque with a bridge and has most visibility from the trail
     -has a massive amount of water flowing, so probably still good in low water, but more impressive after rainfall
    -can continue a few miles down trail to Spirit Falls, connecting trail is flat, level and very easy until you get to the base of Spirit Falls

for photos : http://samantha-rose-photography.weebly.com/doanes-falls.html

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