Wells State Park

January 12, 2020 Sunny

Wells State Park is located near Sturbridge around a pond called Walker Pond. There is a campground and boat ramps for outdoor activities in the summer. We went on a warm winter day, when the snow on the ground had melted and puddled on the trails.

From the parking lot, there’s a side trail to a small pond called Mill Pond. After this side trail, the road went uphill to a large picnic tent and a signpost marking the “Walker Homestead”. Although nothing was left of the Walker family’s homestead, the nearby Walker Pond was probably named after them.

Past the sign, there were two major loops – the North Trail and the South Trail. We chose the North Trail and followed up to the Carpenter Rocks, named after John Carpenter who operated a sawmill nearby. Carpenter Rocks was a ledge that overlooked the surrounding areas, but we could not see Walker Pond or Mill Pond from the ledge.

In general, the trails were not too strenuous, but muddy and flooded at places and icy at other places. It wasn’t very pleasant. This is a park that’s better experienced in the fall, or as part of a camping trip.

Trails are quite rocky and rutted and better when dry. Views from the cliffs were pretty generic.
The trails were too muddy and quite ordinary. Views were limited.
This was a huge waste of time. All the views we attempted to see were garbage, just trees for many miles, and dead ones at that. The only highlight was when Ryan slipped on the ice after specifically saying that he wouldn’t slip on it.
The day was very warm and the view was great from the hill.
I liked the hill view and Ryan slipped on the ice .