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September 4th, 5th, and 6th,
2009
Granville State Forest
N42 03.091 W072 58.240
Labor Day Weekend
Granville State Forest
N42 03.091 W072 58.240
Labor Day Weekend
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This years Annual Western Mass Geocachers Picnic and Pig Roast will be held at Granville State Forest in Granville Mass. There are lots of new caches that will be placed for the event. The Official W.M.G. Picnic Shirts are ready for purchase. Please use this link to see what they look like and to order yours today. Picnic Shirt |
Event Schedule "click here"
If you are bringing any pets ie.. dogs, cats, horses, PLEASE make sure that you have any and all rabies tags on them and any paper work on you. These rules are strictly enforced here at Granville State Forest. If you do not have them you will be asked to leave if you can not furbish them in a timely manner. This is a State Law and we have no say in the matter. Do NOT bring any Alcohol OR Beer. This is a state law and extremely enforced. If you are caught with any you will be asked to leave.
Event Coins
The Annual WMG Picnic Coins will again be $10.00 each, or the set of 4 for $35.00. This year's coins are different than last year's coins with all new colors and transparencies on the coins, and we will also have an Official WMG Coin Icon that will be attached to them. Supplies are limited and will be sold on a first come first serve basis. To get your coins, see Mr. BigHead.
Please use the "Food List" link above to post what kind of food you will be bringing to share with everyone. This is a Pot Luck Picnic and any food that you can bring will be greatly enjoyed by all. If you are camping out, We will be having a breakfast on Sunday Morning and any Breakfast food that you can bring will be greatly appreatied as well.
Click for a trail map
Click for the campground map
We have added pictures of
each campsite for you to get an idea of what each site looks like.
Post what site you have reserved to the W.M.G. Forums so we can update the map
on a regular basis.
After you have picked the camp site you have or want, post it HERE on the W.M.G. Forums.
Reserve America, Granville S.F. Camp Ground Sites CLICK HERE
Use this link to download the .gpx trail maps of Granville S.F. .GPX
This year we are working closely with Shawn Cameron, who is the Park Ranger for Granville State Forest and he is very excited to be having us host our event at his park.
There are many new and exciting things that are in the
works for this years picnic, and its still to soon to say for sure what you can expect to see. As soon as things are approved or written in stone I will post the updates here.
Granville State Forest is located along the southern border of Massachusetts in the towns of Granville and Tolland, this state forest's 2,426 acres, borders with Connecticut's 9,152 acre Tunxis State Forest, creating a sense of
tranquil remoteness. Formerly, this extensive rolling terrain was once the hunting and fishing ground of the Tunxis tribe, later becoming open farmland and pastures; now slowly reverting back into a northern hardwood-conifer forest.
In 1749 the first English pioneer to this area, Samuel Hubbard, settled along the banks of the river now bearing his name. Enjoy a walk along the Hubbard River as it cascades through natural rock formations forming pools and waterfalls,
dropping a rapid 450 feet in 2.5 miles.
Click for directions to Granville State Forest
Cell service is fairly good at Granville State Forest, with the exception of Nextel. Nextel users be prepared to not have service in most of the park. If you have Verizon or Sprint your service is very good, but like most cell phones you could lose it in certain places.
Every year we try and do something different that will keep every one excited
to see what we will come up with at the next picnic.
Last year and held a coloring contest for ALL the kids that attended the picnic.
As the kids were coloring, they kept asking "what's the prize" and "what do we win", "It's top secret" I kept telling them. What they were coloring was the W.M.G. logo without any colors in it.
When it came time to choose the winner we let everyone that attended (except the kids) pick what colors they liked the best on the logo. At the end of the raffle, it was time to announce the winner
and what the prize would be. The prize would be, to see the winning colors on the next years Event Only Geocoin.
And the winner was Serena Henny of Worf's Pack.
As the winner, she will be getting the #01 Event Only Geocoin next year as well as seeing her colors on the coin.
This Contest was very well received and everyone cant wait to see the new coin. Here are Serena Henny's winning design colors.
Our sponsors are a big part of our event. Without there
generous donations we would not have great products to offer you during our raffle. 100%
of the money raised during the raffle goes directly back into the following years picnic.
When you are looking for great Geocaching products, please check out our sponsors sites first. Your purchasing of products from them shows that we
really appreciate there support of our event, and hope that they will continue to be sponsors in the future.
Listed below are some of the plans that we are working on for this years picnic. Nothing is written in stone yet, but if it is going to happen this year it will be posted below in the "Plans set for the Picnic" section.
Plans in the works
- Jr. Ranger Program sponsored by D.C.R.