This cache is located on Town of Sudbury conservation land in
Nobscot Woods. The parking area is located on Route 20 in Sudbury
at Lat: 42 21.614N, Long: 71 26.473W. Look for a sign saying
“Tippling Rock Trail, Sudbury Conservation Land”. There are two
entrances 100 yards apart and the sign is at the west entrance so
coming from the east you might miss it if you are not careful.
Follow the path from the parking area and use
this map to guide you as the Sudbury conservation land borders
Knox Trail Council, BSA owned land that is private. The trail from
the parking lot leads up to the side of an apartment complex. The
Salamander trail begins there but the most direct route with the
biggest path is to follow the boundary of the apartment complex and
the woods until the old fire road is found that leads into the
woods away from the apartments. The Salamander trail will
eventually connect to that trail.
The land you will be walking on was purchased by the Town of
Sudbury in 1998 to prevent a housing development from being built
there. Although the path does go to the Tippling Rock lookout as
the sign says, Tippling Rock is actually on BSA property.
If you are doing both of our Nobscot caches (Nobscot Mt is the
other one Lat: 42 20.702N, Long: -71 27.031W), there is no trail
from this conservation area to the Nobscot Mt cache that does not
cross BSA land. It is suggested you drive to the parking area
described in that cache write up. The Nobscot Mt cache is in a
section of the Richard Callahan State park. Town points of
interest:
Sudbury is the home of Longfellow's Wayside Inn, located on the
Boston Post Rd, which has operated as an Inn and restaurant for
over 200 years. George Washington is known to have stayed there on
his way to Boston. Sudbury is also the home of the Little Red
School house made popular in the poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb". The
Sudbury River, which divides Sudbury and Wayland to the East, is
the river mentioned in the "Thanksgiving Poem" (that begins "Over
the river and through the woods to grandfather's house we go...").
Sudbury is also the former home of Babe Ruth. His house still
stands and looks nearly the same as the photo in the Cooperstown
Hall of Fame.
See this
site for more info about Sudbury.
Sudbury Points of Interest Lat/Longs:
Wayside Inn, Grist Mill, Martha Mary Chapel, Little Red School
House on Wayside Inn Rd: Near 42° 21.464', Long: -71° 28.251'
Babe Ruth's House on Dutton Rd: Lat: 42° 23.336', Long: -71°
27.016'
Once you've found this cache, you can find the second cache in
these woods, the "Nobscot Mt" cache (Lat: 42° 20.702', Long: -71°
27.031')
 Dogs Allowed
Available year-round  Off-trail
Hiking Required  Accessible in
Winter
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