Shaker campsite GPS coordinates
This campsite isn't noted in the companion MA-CT maps of 8th edition of the AT Trail Guide. Can someone please supply the GPS coordinates? The various lists of Shelter way points do not include independent campsites, as far as I can tell.
Thanks,
Walt
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Originally Posted by cascader
Stopped by Shaker campsite last weekend on my way back from Mt Wilcox N shelter to MA 20, where I'd parked.
Campsite is in great condition--better than last yr, when there was a fair amount of trash there.
The bear cable was jammed when I got there, but it's now working again.
Nice campsite, except for the noise you get from the farms down in the valley--cars, dogs, cows!
coordinates of Shaker Campsite
Totem,
Thanks so much for the GPS data. It's taken more than 3 years for someone to happen by the site in a GPS sort of mood. In blizzard conditions on snowshoes the information can be pretty handy. And thanks for the image.
Happy Trails,
Walt
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Originally Posted by
Totem
Woke up here Monday Morning.
Coordinates are approximately 42.25213, -73.22431
A sign on a tree points "Shaker Campsite Privy." It should read "Shaker Campsite
And Privy" because we walked right past it thinking it was only the privy and that the campsite would be denoted a little better.
Two platforms are roughly 7.5'x7.5'. Bear box is still in good condition. Looked like some genius was hanging bear-bags directly in between the two platforms.
If you're going Northbound, try not to get water from the streams just after North Mt. Wilcox shelter, the streams were loaded with nitrates. There are some small streams a couple hundred feet northbound on the trail.
http://imgur.com/z0LeO.jpg