Callahan State Park

February 2, 2020 Cloudy

Callahan State Park is next to Sudbury Reservoir. Some trails actually lead from one state park to the other. There are two main entrances to Callahan State Park. We picked the North Entrance.

There are many, many trails criss-crossing the park. The signs were good, but it’s still very hard to follow a particular trail. We got confused at different places, even though we had an app to show us the exact route.

We chose a trail that allowed us to explore a little bit of everything Callahan State Park has to offer – meadows, hills, woods, and ponds.

The trail first took us past an open meadow. There were picnic benches and the views were expansive. The trail quickly leads to the woods where people walked their dogs and there were dog poop and baggies everywhere. We had to watch where we stepped.

The trail became hilly at places, and at the edge of the park we saw a horse farm. Just before the farm, the kids spotted a cabin.

This was a fun adventure for the kids. The cabin had old mattresses and sofas inside. It seemed to be a shelter at some point, but abandoned. Now who knows what’s going on in there?

Next we walked past a pond called Beebe Pond. It was quite frozen, and at one point there was another abandoned structure. This looked like a chimney. According to our map, this is called “Chimney in Woods”.

The pond was mostly frozen, but there were cracks, and at places a spring flowed under the ice. It looked very peaceful.

The walk had good variety for a small park but too much dog poop (as other reviewers noted).
Too much dog poop to dodge.
First it was the dogs, then the poop, then the abandoned shack, then the rushing river. What an adventure! Unfortunately, Ryan took my walking stick, so that was a bummer.
We got to poke the ice with sticks but there was a lot of (dog) poop.
I liked the loop trail because you don’t have to see the same stuff.