"Hike of Mt. Worcester, very muddy and wet. Trail badly marked in places and had to rely on Alltrails to make sure I was going in the right direction. Last mile or so is up a frozen stream to the steep, rocky/icy final scramble. Saw no one else during the hike fun day! " — bobbaker • Nov 16, 2023

"Squirrel nest in engine caught on fire in the parking lot. Put it out before any major damage was done but visible burn damage on the hood. Apparently woke up the entire town with the 911 call of a car on fire! Only hiked up a few hundred feet afterwards to kill time before the other car came. Ended up driving the burned car 57 miles back home. " — bobbaker • May 17, 2023

"Nice hike from Middlesex Town Forest up to Owlshead. No marked trail, but you just go up to the opposite side of Middlesex Notch Road from the Chases Mtn Trail and keeping going up to the west until you get to the top. An old stone foundation along the way but not much to see at the top - at least not in summer. Only took 25 minutes from parking lot to top. Then headed back down to the old road toward the Waterbury side, ran down to the beaver dams and ponds in the Notch, then doubled back to the Chases Mtn trail, running to the end of that (incl Middlesex Notch peak and Chases Mtn), and then back to the middlesex Town Forest parking area. " — seansheehan • Jul 4, 2020

"Nice hike from Middlesex Town Forest up to Owlshead. No marked trail, but you just go up to the opposite side of Middlesex Notch Road from the Chases Mtn Trail and keeping going up to the west until you get to the top. An old stone foundation along the way but not much to see at the top - at least not in summer. Only took 25 minutes from parking lot to top. Then headed back down to the old road toward the Waterbury side, ran down to the beaver dams and ponds in the Notch, then doubled back to the Chases Mtn trail, running to the end of that (incl Middlesex Notch peak and Chases Mtn), and then back to the Middlesex Town Forest parking area. " — seansheehan • Jul 4, 2020

"Less than 20 minutes (trail running) into the Chases Mountain Trail from the Middlesex Town Forest parking lot, you come to Middlesex Notch. Very nice new trail. Kudos to the folks building and marking it." — seansheehan • Jun 27, 2020