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Grampie
07-14-2020, 10:19
The cabin at Upper Goose Pond will not be open , for hiker use, this season.

Just Tom
07-14-2020, 10:22
Is the tenting area OK to use?

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Slo-go'en
07-14-2020, 10:53
Is the tenting area OK to use?

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They can lock the cabin, but hard to keep people off the platforms.

u.w.
07-14-2020, 15:15
Is the tenting area OK to use?

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That's what I was going to ask too. Can people still go there and tent, and swim in the lake?

willin'

D2maine
07-15-2020, 05:05
That's what I was going to ask too. Can people still go there and tent, and swim in the lake?

willin'

https://appalachiantrail.org/explore/plan-and-prepare/hiking-basics/health/covid19/a-t-closures/

7/2/2020) Due to ongoing and renewed temporary closures of all shelters, campsites and privies due to COVID-19 on both Massachusetts DCR land and National Park Service A.T. (APPA) lands, and a standing prohibition of dispersed (stealth) camping on the A.T. throughout Massachusetts, no overnight camping is currently allowed.


https://www.nps.gov/appa/learn/news/all-a-t-overnight-shelters-and-privies-on-lands-administered-by-nps-closed-until-further-notice.htm

Massachusetts shelters covered under this order: Upper Goose Pond. All other shelters and campsites in Massachusetts remain closed under a separate state order. There is no legal place to spend the night along the AT in Massachusetts.

Slo-go'en
07-15-2020, 07:45
I suspect there is a lot of illegal camping going on.