Healthy Heart Trail and CCC Trail at Franklin State Forest - Franklin, Massachusetts
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A pair of loop trails - Healthy Heart Trail (1.2 miles, blue blazes) and CCC Trail (0.7 mile, green blazes) - trek along the slightly hilly terrain in Franklin State Forest in Franklin, Massachusetts.
Waymark Code: WM17C0F
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2023
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A pair of loop trails traverse slightly hilly terrain in Franklin State Forest in Franklin, Massachusetts. This suburban slice of protected woodland is bound by Grove Street to the east, Forge Hill Road to the west, and private property north and south. A pair of loop trails - Healthy Heart (1.2 miles, blue blazes) and CCC Trail (0.7 mile, green blazes).
Find foundation ruins of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp a few hundred yards east from Grove Street along Healthy Heart Trail. Just a few yards north of the path and a wood "Camp Road" post at that point are two small, square, concrete remnants with moss-covered tops poking a couple feet above ground. The smaller structure is about four feet on each side, the larger about 12 feet on each side. They were filled with standing water, sticks, and fallen leaves the morning of my visit.
Paved parking for about a dozen vehicles and map on the notice board at Grove Street trailhead: 42.0801311, -71.4237112
CCC Camp Ruins: 42.081111, -71.426667