I've hidden a new letterbox at the Quabbin Reservoir in western
Massachusetts, just in time for Labor Day letterboxing. The clue follows.
It is also available at http://users.crocker.com/~bsennott/goodnoughdike.html

Note to Webmaster: This is in Worcester County. On a map, it's just above
Hampshire County on the east (Ware) side of the Quabbin.

Quabbin Reservoir/Goodnough Dike Letterbox
Ware, Massachusetts

CLUE DIFFICULTY: Easy
TERRAIN: Easy--An easy walk on paved roads and an uphill (but not
strenuous) hike on broad, well-marked trails. The entire walk, from car to
letterbox and back again, takes about an hour.
ESTABLISHED: August 27, 2002

DIRECTIONS: From Route 9, whether coming from the east or the west, enter
the Quabbin at the entrance located directly across the road from the
Quabbin Park Cemetery. If you are coming from Amherst, Northampton, or
other points west, this is the third entrance to the Quabbin, immediately
following the Monson Turnpike in Ware. Enter the park and drive about a
quarter mile until you see the small green signs for the Goodnough Dike.
Park along this triangular driveway.

CLUE: Walk around the yellow gate and follow the paved road. Just up
ahead, at a 25-mile-an-hour sign, this paved road forks. Go left. It will
lead you to the water and the Goodnough Dike. Cross the dike and locate
Quabbin Gate 50, on the eastern end of the dike.

Take the trail at Gate 50 into the woods. This wide and somewhat rocky
trail climbs gently uphill; the reservoir is on your left. In about five
minutes you will pass the remains of an old stone wall, which is visible on
both sides of the trail.

In another 5-10 minutes you will enter a cool hemlock woods and will see a
stone wall about 100 yards off the trail to your right. Some trees in this
vicinity are marked with yellow blazes. Soon youll exit the hemlock woods
and enter a sunnier mixed-growth forest with some very tall pine trees.
The trail becomes quite sandy. Then, it curves to the right and becomes
rockier. Once again, theres a stone wall on each side of the trail.

Then the trail curves to the left. In a few more minutes youll come to a
T intersection. Go left (north). As before, theres a stone wall on each
side of the trail. In a couple of minutes, you will see a third stone wall
farther off, on the right. Remaining on the trail, walk to the spot where
the two stone walls on the right converge, forming a triangle. A young
maple tree grows at that spot. Stand next to the maple and do an about
face. Walk approximately 14 paces back in the direction you came from and
look to your right (west). About 8 paces off the trail, theres a cluster
of boulders next to a small maple tree. One of these boulders juts up into
the air at an angle, pointing east (toward the trail). Beyond the cluster
of boulders is another stone wall.

Walk off the trail to these boulders, stand at the maple tree, and look
down into the crevice at the base of the boulders. Voila!

Please rehide the letterbox well. It does not contain a stamp pad, so be
sure to bring your own.

There are souvenir photographs of the view from Goodnough Dike for the
first three people who find this letterbox. They are small enough to paste
into your logbook. Good luck!