Franklin Park is a wooded urban park in Dorchester, south of downtown Boston. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1880s as the jewel of Boston’s Emerald Necklace, the park features a mix of wooded forests and open fields. A new ISSOM map of the park will be used. Map will be 1:5000.
Mapper: Ian Webb
The Lynn Woods, in Lynn MA north of Boston, is CSU’s newest map. The area is almost completely forest, with areas of vegetation similar to the Middlesex Fells. There is much more variety to the density of the vegetation here, and a large part of the map is open woods. The map is 1:10000, and will be used for the middle WRE day.
Mapper: Vladimir Zherdev
The Middlesex Fells, to the west of Lynn Woods is a large wooded area in Stoneham, MA. The woods surround a large reservoir that is part of the Winchester water supply. Woods can be very thick, but detailed terrain and a dense trail network make for interesting route choice. Parts of the park have been used for previous CSU meets, but we will be using the entire map for the first time for this long course. Map is 1:10000.
Mapper: Vladimir Zherdev
2009 CSU Spring Runoff Map 2010 CSU Fall Foliage Festival Map
The northeastern United States generally features mixed hardwood forest with significant understory; rocky, solid footing; and an abundance of detailed rock features. Topography in the Boston area does not include large hills, however relief can be intricate in places.
